On Sunday, January 28, 2024, three West African nations—Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—announced their intention to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) effective immediately.
Currently, the militaries in these nations are in charge after taking over from civilian leaders.
The nations released a joint statement on Sunday, January 28, 2024, stating, “After 49 years, the valiant peoples of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger regretfully and with great disappointment observe that the (ECOWAS) organization has drifted from the ideals of its founding fathers and the spirit of Pan-Africanism.”
As a result of the coups and their disobedience to the regional organization’s order to revert to democratic governance, the three nations were already suspended from ECOWAS.
The organization has not supported our States in our desperate battle against terrorism and instability. Worse, when these States chose to take matters into their own hands, it adopted a ridiculous and unreasonable stance by enforcing unlawful, illegitimate, cruel, and careless sanctions in violation of their charters; all of these actions have further weakened populations already wounded by years of violence perpetrated by terrorist hordes that were manipulated and controlled from a distance.
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