A current challenge to regional integration in West Africa
On 28 January 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger notified the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of their intention to withdraw from ECOWAS. According to Article 91 of the revised ECOWAS Treaty, unless the notices are retracted, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will officially lose their ECOWAS…