ECOWAS suspends and puts Mali on quarantine

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ECOWAS suspends and puts Mali on quarantine

Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) late Tuesday 18th August 2020, published a communique on the military takeover in Mali. Mali is one of fifteen members of the regional body. Key among the decisions taken so far by the regional body includes the suspension…

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