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ECOWAS to unveil logistics depot for standby force
Experts from the Economic Community of West African States on Monday held a meeting Abuja to finalise policies for the regional standby force’s logistics depot.The depot, located in Lungi, Sierra ...
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Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali Exit From ECOWAS Disrupted Security Frameworks – Air Chief
Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has noted with concern that the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ECOWAS has disrupted existing security frameworks ...
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ECOWAS Finalizes Regulations For Standby Force Depot
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken a crucial step towards improving regional security by ...
The New York Times1mon
After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards ... and have created a military force of 5,000 troops. The three juntas presented their exit as ...
The Punch Newspapers4d
ECOWAS to finalise logistics depot policies for regional standby force
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs ... force would soon be mobilised for counterterrorism efforts, with troops from member states ready to be deployed. The force, he said, requires ...
The Nation Newspaper4d
Experts meet to validate logistic depot policies for ECOWAS standby force
The missions are there, and the troops, you know, from the standby force are the ones there. The activation of the ECOWAS standby force to fight terrorism is actually what we are now planning to do.
WDTN29d
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...
MyJoyOnline4d
Mali to investigate claims soldiers ‘executed’ women and children
The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger dealt a huge blow to Ecowas, which at 50 years old ... with former colonial power France, whose troops left the country in 2022 after more than ...
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ECOWAS future uncertain as Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali quit
On January 29, 2024, the three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required ...
Radio France Internationale29d
Three Sahel nations exit West African bloc as regional politics shift
The three nations are strengthening their cooperation through the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), announcing plans to create a joint military force of 5,000 troops to fight terrorism. They will ...
BBC6d
Mali to investigate claims soldiers 'executed' women and children
The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger dealt a huge blow to Ecowas, which at 50 years old ... with former colonial power France, whose troops left the country in 2022 after more than ...