Ouagadougou/Bamako/Niamey, January 28, 2024 – The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced today their immediate departure from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ending nearly five decades of membership in the regional bloc. The joint declaration by the leaders of these countries – Captain Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso, Colonel […]