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The three military-junta-led countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are definitive about creating their separation from the Economic Community of West African states. They’ve taken yet another step to separate themselves from ECOWAS.
Reuters reports that they will introduce new biometric passports as part of their withdrawal from the West African bloc in favour of the new Sahelian alliance.
Colonel Assimi Goita of Mali revealed the proposal on Sunday.
Although ECOWAS has sought to persuade them to reconsider their decision, they are resolute in their bid to leave the 15-member regional bloc.
Burkina Faso announced earlier this month that it was rolling out new passports without the ECOWAS logo.
Meanwhile, ECOWAS has warned that the departure of the three countries from its fold would undermine the freedom of movement and common market of the bloc’s four hundred million people.
