While the Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) irons out Modalities on the six-month transition period with the three AES countries from the bloc, concerns have been raised about how will the three countries fair independently while opting out.
At the just ended 66th ordinary summit of heads of state and government, President of the ECOWAS Commission Dr Omar Alieu Touray read a resolution in accordance with Article 91 of the ECOWAS treaties which recognizes the sovereignty of member states.
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger despite request to exit the bloc still looks forward to keep trade and diplomatic ties with other ECOWAS member countries.
Though the trio had a day before the ECOWAS Summit on Sunday, they insisted on leaving the subregional body by January 29, 2025.
On Citizens hour, our guests critically analyzed the fallout from ECOWAS 66th summit of heads of State with special focus on exists of three AES countries & the Special trials of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh
Our guest Kop’ep Dabugat a subregional expert and former secretary general of the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) as well as Marie Josiane NGAH Project Coordinator with the West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS)and Al-Hassan Sulaiman Bello a lead international affairs and security analyst, critically analyzes the impact of the news development on regional integration, intra trade, security and democracy.