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- The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS.
- ECOWAS stands for Economic Community of West African States.
- All three were suspended from ECOWAS with Niger and Mali facing heavy sanctions.
- A French military withdrawal from the Sahel has heightened concerns over the conflicts spreading southward to Gulf of Guinea states Ghana, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast.
- The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger recently united under the banner of the Alliance of Sahel States.
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