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Chinedu Asadu

DARK SECRETS: West africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup hit member states | Vintage Vibes

West Africa Ecowas - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping.

“The authority decides to set the period from 29 January, 2025 to 29 July 2025 as a transitional period and to keep ECOWAS doors open to the three countries during the transition period,” the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, said in a statement.

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