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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have left the most important West African regional bloc due to escalating tensions over their democratic decline, leaving room for Russia to assert itself in the region. What is ECOWAS and why does it matter? The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is arguably the most successful model of […]
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From one perspective, the past week has been a success for military rulers in West Africa. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), announced the easing of sanctions on Niger, Mali, and Guinea, backing down from earlier efforts to draw a hard line against unconstitutional transfers of power in the region. While the regional bloc’s decision […]
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