Membership withdrawal negates due process, Touray insists
Delegation to the Extraordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council at Ministerial Level of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday, met in Abuja over the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Republic of Niger to withdraw their membership of the sub-regional body.
The meeting, which consisted mostly of the foreign affairs ministers from member-states and chaired by Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, was proffer ways of resolving the impasse.
The forum also expressed worry about the situation in Senegal, where the postponement of the presidential election has led to massive protests.
Tuggar regretted that the region has been in the spotlight for wrong reasons, citing military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and their eventual threats to withdraw their membership.
His…
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