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· In a significant development, ECOWAS, regional bloc for Western African countries, has decided to lift the post-coup sanctions against Mali
· The declaration to this effect was signed by Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo, the current president of the ECOWAS
· What that might have weighed in favor of Mali could be the representation of a fair amount of civilians in the transition government, which has designated 25 ministers
· The publication of a “transitional charter” also might have helped ECOWAS to life the sanctions
In a significant development, ECOWAS, regional bloc for Western African countries, has decided to lift the post-coup sanctions against Mali. There was heavy pressure on ECOWAS from other African countries to lift the sanctions on Mali on humanitarian ground since the West African country has fulfilled, to a large extent, the conditions imposed by ECOWAS to install a civilian transition government.
ECOWAS leaders now urge other countries in the bloc to resume support to Mali. The declaration to this effect was signed by Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo, the current president of the ECOWAS.
What might have weighed in favor of Mali could be the representation of a fair amount of civilians in the transition government, which has designated 25 ministers. The publication of a “transitional charter” also might have helped ECOWAS to lift the sanctions. There are also pending demands of the regional association that have to be fulfilled by the present dispensation, particularly liberation of all personnel arrested in the coup and the dissolution of the CNSP, that took power following the August 18th coup.
