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Laurie CHURCHMAN

INSANE: Troubled west african states test fractured regional bloc - The Real Truth

Senegal plunged into its worst political crisis in decades when President Macky Sall announced he was postponing elections (Credit: AFP)

West African foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Thursday confronted by a major political crisis in Senegal and weakened by disputes with military rulers in three coup-hit countries.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) extraordinary session follows President Macky Sall's sudden decision to delay elections in Senegal, just a week after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger declared they were quitting the bloc.

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