The coup d’Etat perpetrated on January 24, 2022 by the military in Burkina Faso will be on the agenda of the Ecowas extraordinary summit which opens this Thursday in Accra.
There seems to be no respite for the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). While it is fully engaged in the Malian issue, the political crisis in Burkina Faso is forcing the heads of state of the organization to convene an emergency meeting to take action against Ouagadougou.
This is the pretext of the extraordinary summit that opens this Thursday in Accra, Ghana, without Mali, Guinea and now Burkina Faso, the latter having been suspended from the sub-regional organization after the January 24 putsch against democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
The Burkinabe issue will be the priority of the heads of state and government at this extraordinary summit. Several leaders, including Alassane Ouattara, have announced their presence.
Ecowas will review the results of its mission sent to Ouagadougou after the putsch, before making any decisions. According to several diplomatic sources, everything will depend on “the duration of the transition in Burkina Faso. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power after the coup, has shown his willingness to work with Ecowas. But the sub-regional organization wants guarantees above all, and will seek to obtain a short transition in Burkina Faso, which it failed to obtain in Mali.
Mali and Guinea, two other countries hit by coups in recent months, will also be on the agenda, Ecowas having previously imposed sanctions on both countries to varying degrees.
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