{"id":109921,"date":"2024-02-08T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ecowas-ministers-meet-in-abuja-over-burkina-faso-mali-niger"},"modified":"2024-02-08T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:19:17","slug":"ecowas-ministers-meet-in-abuja-over-burkina-faso-mali-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-ministers-meet-in-abuja-over-burkina-faso-mali-niger","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS Ministers meet in Abuja over Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the regional body are currently meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers are also expected to deliberate on the mass protest in Senegal, which followed the postponement of the country\u2019s presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS Commission President, Dr. Alieu Touray, stated that the meeting will consider the notification of withdrawal of the three countries and wider implementations.<\/p>\n<p>The three military-led West African countries had, on January 27, announced their immediate withdrawal from ECOWAS, accusing the body of becoming a threat to its members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the regional body are currently meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. 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