ECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments | Africanews
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Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).

The three-nation block of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced last year that they were leaving the regional bloc known as ECOWAS.

They then created their own security partnership, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, severed military ties with longstanding Western partners such as the U.S. and France, and turned to Russia for military support.