President Bola Tinubu and other heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are currently holding an Extraordinary Summit at the State House, Abuja.
ADULAWO News reports that the ongoing ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit focuses on the political, peace, and security situation in the region.
President Tinubu, who is the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, is leading talks on developments within and around member-states that have fallen under military rule.
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ADULAWO News recall that at various times, Mali, August 2020; Burkina Faso, September 2022; and Niger, July 2023, all experienced military coups and were sanctioned by the ECOWAS Authority, a step that had escalated hostility within the region.
Headquartered in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the nearly 50-year-old bloc consists of 15 countries.
However, the military-led juntas of Burkina-Faso, Mali, and Niger, in late January, announced their withdrawal over “illegal sanctions” harming their people.
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They also alleged that the bloc had fallen under the influence of foreign governments whose interests, they said were far from the people’.