
In September 2023, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali formed the AES to strengthen their collaborative security measures and promote socioeconomic progress for their people. In May 2024, the nations endorsed a preliminary agreement outlining the establishment of a confederation.
ECOWAS is in a "very deep" crisis, Burkinabe political analyst Lianhoué Imhotep Bayala told Sputnik Africa, commenting on Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey's statements that a potential membership in the AES could be well-received by the Togolese population.
"ECOWAS today is a vessel filled with colonial concepts and which no longer has its own destiny outside of the...
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