The ECOWAS Commission has stated that H.E. Goodluck Jonathan, ECOWAS Mediator for Mali, will lead a mission to Bamako on Thursday, 24 February 2022.
This mission, according to the Commission will take place after the technical meetings held last week on the timetable for elections and will allow the Mediator to have discussions with the Malian authorities on the next steps.
Meanwhile, it noted that the Mediator will be accompanied by the President of the Commission and the Commissioner in charge of Political Affairs, Peace and Security.
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Coups: Major roads closed ahead of ECOWAS strategic meeting in Accra
Some roads in the Nation’s Capital, Accra have been closed to motorists ahead of a strategic meeting by the Heads of States from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Accra.
The Heads of States from ECOWAS will today, Thursday, 3 February 2022, hold a meeting in Accra to deliberate over the military coup in Burkina Faso.
The meeting seeks to find a lasting solution to the recent coup d’etats across the West African sub-region.
According to the Ghana Police Service, the roads that will be affected include Jubilee Lounge (KIA) to Liberation Road at Opeibea, Liberation Road from Airport traffic light through the Independence Avenue to National Theatre traffic light, and Kempinski Hotel to National Theatre on the Independence Avenue through to Ako Adjei.
This meeting is in line with the recent spate of coup detats in Africa including that of Coup d’etat in Burkina Faso.
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The military in Burkina Faso announced on last Monday that it had ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and closed the country’s borders.
The announcement cited the deterioration of the security situation and what the army described as Kabore’s inability to unite the West African nation and effectively respond to challenges, which include an Islamist insurgency.
Meanwhile, Paul Boateng, a security expert and Executive Director for Africa Center for Security, has hinted that most African countries are likely to return to military rule by 2030.
” If care is not taken most African Countries will return to military rule by 2030. Like I said last year it seems people are gradually losing interest in democracy. What happens is that when the citizens gradually show that they have lost interest in a government, they give the military no other option than to takeover,” Paul Boateng, a security expert and Executive Director for Africa Center for Security told Kaakyire Ofori Ayim.
Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori
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