• Recently Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally separated themselves from (ECOWAS).
  • These countries decided to exit ECOWAS after demanding the restoration of diplomatic rule.
  • Power was seized by the military in Niger in 2023, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Mali in 2020.
  • After this, the relations between ECOWAS and these countries became tense.
  • Full name- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  • Economic Community- West African countries
  • Establishment- Year 1975
  • Major objectives- Economic integration, diplomatic and political cooperation, maintaining security and peace, social and cultural development.
  • Headquarters – Abuja (Nigeria)
  • Member countries – 15
  • Important initiatives – Collective security, free trade area, constitutional governance

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