The military regimes in power in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have decided to withdraw their countries, with immediate effect, from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a sub-regional organization of 15 members , they announced on Sunday in a joint press release.
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The respective leaders of the three Sahelian States,
“taking all their responsibilities in the face of history and responding to the expectations, concerns and aspirations of their populations, decide in complete sovereignty on the immediate withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States
,” said the press release read on the state media of these countries.