Category Archives: CEDEAO

Unrest in Libya caused instability in West Africa: Ugandan president

Burkina Faso, CEDEAO, Golpe, Sem categoria

Via: Anadolu Agency

Uganda’s president on Wednesday condemned the coup in Burkina Faso, saying recent coups in West Africa were triggered by unrest in Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s government.

Addressing the nation to mark the country’s 36th Liberation Day at Kololo ground in the capital Kampala, Yoweri Museveni said: “West Africa’s problems started with the attack on Libya. After the government there collapsed, terrorist groups in Libya spread into Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and other countries.”

Blaming Libya’s chaos for insecurity in Africa, he said such coups could not have taken place had there been unity among the leaders in Africa”.

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ECOWAS imposes individual sanctions on coup plotters in Guinea, Mali

África, África Ocidental, CEDEAO, Eleições presidenciais, Golpe

Via: Africanews

The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday (07/11) hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States “has decided to sanction all those implicated in the delay” in organising elections set for February 27 in Mali, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou told AFP after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra. He said Mali had “officially written” to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who holds the rotating presidency of ECOWAS, to inform him that the Sahel country could not hold elections as planned.

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UN, AU criticize Mali government for lethal response to protests

África, CEDEAO, Crise Política, Mali, ONU, União Africana

Via: CGTN Africa

The United Nations and the African Union have condemned the Malian government’s use of lethal force during protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, and urged it to release detained opposition leaders. In a statement late on Sunday night (12), the U.N. mission in Mali, the African Union, West African regional bloc ECOWAS and the European Union criticised vandalism by protesters but reserved their sharpest criticism for the authorities. International and regional powers fear political turmoil in Mali could undermine their military campaigns against Islamist insurgents in West Africa’s Sahel region. The United Nations has over 13,000 peacekeeping soldiers in Mali.

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