Following recent military coups in the region, the regional body Ecowas - once considered Africa's most institutionally developed organization - began to show signs of lack of authority and ineffectiveness. The problems within the bloc became evident when three Sahel countries, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, in January declared their, creating a crisis within the group.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have left ECOWAS, the regional bloc that sanctioned them after military officers seized power in each. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi…
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