What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...
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Benin and other West African kingdoms
West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms and empires. The earliest of these kingdoms belonged to the Nok people. They were farmers, potters and metalworkers who settled near the River ...
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...