Despite quit notice on Ecowas, Sahelian bloc of coup boys still need neighbours
From left: Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore at the summit of heads of state and governments of the Alliance of Sahel States in Niamey, Niger on July 6, 2024.
Junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger had issued a quit notice to leave the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas).
But then it turned out the decision may be more of a political statement than economic reality: They are all landlocked countries requiring Ecowas members to continue their external trade.
