Three West African junta-led states quit ECOWAS regional block
Niamey, Niger/Bamako, Mali Reuters Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three West African states led by the military, said on Sunday they are immediately leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional economic bloc that has been urging them to return to democratic rule. The decision by the three, announced in a simultaneous […]
Coups, COVID and climate test African leaders at summit
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Leaders gathered at an African Union summit called on Saturday for the continent to have a bigger role on the international stage amid signs the bloc is struggling to forge a coordinated response to challenges from coups to COVID-19. The AU, formed 20 years ago to foster regional cooperation, has taken little […]
West Africa: Coups show limits of diplomacy, opening door to new players
In the wake of a series of coups in West Africa, AARON ROSS and DAVID LEWIS, of Reuters, look at the wider context…
“An epidemic” of coups, UN chief laments, urging Security Council to act
United NationsReuters UN chief Antonio Guterres assailed what he called “an epidemic of coup d’états” on Tuesday and urged the Security Council to act to effectively deter them as the 15-member body prepared to discuss the military takeover in Sudan. “The Sudanese people has shown very clearly their intense desire for reform and democracy,” the […]