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Coverage dated December 14, 2024

West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states

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West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations. It comes after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping.

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    African coup-hit states get more time to rethink ECOWAS exit – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had military coups in recent years and plan to leave the West African region bloc. At talks in Abuja, they were given until July to reconsider their looming exit.

  2. WDIO Duluth

    West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations. It comes after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 member nations hit by coups (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    In a first in the 15-nation bloc’s nearly 50 years of existence, the military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they decided to leave ECOWAS, accusing it of “inhumane and irresponsible” coup-related sanctions and of failing to help them solve their internal security cr…

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