Impact of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from ECOWAS on trade in Africa
On Sunday, January 28, 2024, the military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger jointly announced their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. The planned exit will see the number of countries that make up the West African Economic Bloc shrink to 12. Widely seen as West […]