ECOWAS makes u-turn, lifting some sanctions on the military boys and their countries: ‘Speaking in his opening remarks at the start of the summit, ECOWAS chairman and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said the bloc “must re-examine our current approach to the quest for constitutional order in four of our Member States”, referring to the three suspended countries, as well as Guinea, which is also military-led. Tinubu urged Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to “reconsider the decision” and said they should “not perceive our organisation as the enemy”’.
ECOWAS sanctioned them, and they went ahead to cut ECOWAS out, and now ECOWAS wants them to return. Yet, this is not a victory for these military guys. But I think what ECOWAS has done is balanced: do not make lives harder for the citizens.
In my last update, I posited that the United Nations is fading on its capacity to influence the world towards global peace, as most nations disregard whatever it does or says. Good People, my postulation is coming on the news that Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have exited ECOWAS membership. This is a very troubling pattern where few really care about supranational institutions like the UN and ECOWAS.
Then imagine if ECOWAS which cannot sustain a mere sanction had gone to war on this matter. Happy to have shouted: “This is a pivotal moment for ECOWAS and everyone of us must speak out. From Ghana to Nigeria, Ivory Coast to Guinea, tell your leaders that we do not want a military solution to the crisis in Niger Republic. It must NEVER again be recorded that Africans are attacking themselves” .
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