{"id":12876,"date":"2024-02-05T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=12876"},"modified":"2024-02-05T01:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:21:09","slug":"west-african-countries-withdraw-from-ecowas-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2024\/02\/05\/west-african-countries-withdraw-from-ecowas-amid-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"West African Countries Withdraw from ECOWAS Amid Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yasmin Obeidallah<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On January 28, the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they would withdraw from the regional economic bloc known as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a joint statement, the three countries allege that the bloc has \u201cmoved away from the ideals of its founding fathers and Pan-Africanism,\u201d after nearly 50 years in existence, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mali-niger-burkina-faso-ecowas-west-africa-5a5dc2180e39223c91b1820067db4011\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This decision comes after military coups took place in Mali in 2020 and 2021, in Burkina Faso in 2022, and in Niger in 2023. ECOWAS responded by suspending all three countries from the bloc and imposing heavy sanctions on Niger and Mali.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The three countries call these actions \u201cillegal, illegitimate, inhumane and irresponsible\u201d and accused the regional body of failing to support their fight against \u201cterrorism and insecurity,\u201d reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/1\/28\/niger-mali-burkina-faso-announce-withdrawal-from-ecowas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The nations\u2019 respective juntas have stated that ECOWAS has come under the influence of foreign powers, \u201ca threat to its member states and its populations whose happiness it is supposed to ensure.\u201d Political tensions in West Africa have deepened since the three nations have formed The Alliance of Sahel States, a mutual defense pact, after severing military ties with France and other European nations and turning to Russia for support, says The Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In recent years, rampant coups have erupted across the Sahel region, leading to several military-lead nations within the ECOWAS bloc. While attempts made by the regional body to reverse the coups have failed, the economic sanctions imposed on the nations have cut the three landlocked nations from major trading partners. This has led to increased economic hardship for millions of people. The land and air borders of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso were closed by ECOWAS and financial assets held by the nations in ECOWAS banks have been frozen, says <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/28\/world\/africa\/west-africa-junta-leave-ecowas.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ECOWAS said in a statement that it had not been notified of the countries\u2019 decision to quit the bloc. This decision has effectively severed the 49-year union of West Africa\u2019s top political and regional authority. The 15-nation bloc was formed in 1975 to \u201cpromote economic integration\u201d in member states, according to The Associated Press. The African Union (AU) has backed calls for combined efforts so that the \u201cirreplaceable unity\u201d of ECOWAS is preserved and African solidarity is strengthened. The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, has urged regional leaders to intensify dialogue between the ECOWAS leadership and the three countries, according to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/african-union-urges-dialogue-between-ecowas-junta-led-states-2024-01-30\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuters.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The military regimes across the Sahel are, in their view, restoring sovereignty over their territory and committed to eradicating the rise of militant groups that have spread across the region in recent decades. By doing so, the juntas are channeling the minimal resources available to the public into military campaigns in lieu of providing basic services to the people. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/africa\/sahel\/reorienting-europes-approach-in-the-sahel\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Crisis Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the rural areas where most fighting takes place, residents are &#8220;increasingly exposed to abuses,\u201d from government troops, militants, or other armed groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This extremist violence, as well as the wave of coups, reflects the widespread discontent towards governments in West Africa due to perceived corruption and ineptitude. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/africa\/how-counter-africas-coup-problem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foreign Affairs,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the military assistance of The United States and Europe has contributed to the region\u2019s rise in violence by allowing aid programs to assist the regimes in prioritizing themselves at the expense of their societies. Western efforts to solve the Sahel crises must \u201cshift their focus away from security assistance\u201d and toward establishing stable governments that provide West Africans with a brighter future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/nwp_media\/page\/2\/\">ECOWAS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This decision comes after military coups took place in Mali in 2020 and 2021, in Burkina Faso in 2022, and in Niger in 2023. 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