West African heads meet to keep junta-led nations in bloc and review sanctions against Niger coup
Heads of state across West Africa are meeting on Saturday to discuss the region’s challenges. The summit of the 15-nation regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, comes at a critical time when the 49-year-old bloc’s future is threatened as it struggles with possible disintegration and a recent surge in coups fueled by discontent over the performance of elected governments whose citizens barely benefit from mineral resources. Decisions to be made ...
Abuja Federal Capital Territory Burkina Faso Yakubu Gowon Karim Manuel Bola Tinubu Economic Community Of West African States
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