ACCRA – West African leaders gathered in Ghana on Friday to debate the state of affairs in “recalcitrant” states Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, which have all had navy takeovers within the final 18 months, regional bloc chairman Nana Akufo-Addo stated.
The 15-nation Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS), which met in Accra, has already condemned all of the coups and been making an attempt to push the navy juntas at hand again energy to civilians.
No handover date has been agreed in Guinea – or in Mali the place the officers who first seized energy in 2020 have instructed they might hold ruling till at the least 2025.
ECOWAS can be nonetheless negotiating with the junta in Burkina Faso, which was rocked by West Africa’s fourth coup in 18 months in January after two in Mali and one in Guinea.
Officers there have stated they may maintain on to energy for 3 years. ECOWAS has indirectly commented on this timeline, however urged a speedy return to constitutional order.
ECOWAS chair and Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo stated earlier than Friday’s assembly that it was “time to take inventory of the place we're with our three recalcitrant member states”.
Discussions kicked off behind closed after his opening remarks and are anticipated to final all afternoon.
Not one of the three junta leaders had been on the opening session, based on a Reuters reporter.
Mali’s interim chief Assimi Goita had beforehand stated he would solely attend just about.
The bloc has already imposed financial sanctions on Guinea and on Mali for dragging their toes on restoring constitutional rule.
Sanctions in Mali, the place the junta failed to carry promised elections in February, have severed the nation’s entry to regional monetary markets, prompted job losses and contributed to its default on about $180 million in debt funds.
A prime regional court docket ordered the suspension on Thursday of one other set of sanctions imposed by the West African Financial and Financial Union along side ECOWAS.
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