Towards A Post‑Exit Transitional Framework for ECOWAS‑AES Relations
On 29 January 2025, the year long notice by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger of their denunciation of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty took effect, formally marking their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). At the time of their departure, these three states collectively accounted for 54.35% of ECOWAS's landmass, 17.4% of its population,10% of its GDP, and 20% of its membership. As landlocked Sahelian states forming the northern frontier of the...
