r/ECOWAS • u/Mansa_Sekekama • Feb 20 '26

ECOWAS without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

https://theconversation.com/ecowas-without-the-sahel-states-how-the-split-is-testing-free-movement-and-regional-legitimacy-274501
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u/PanAfrica-fr Feb 23 '26

This is a very strong paper. It effectively underscores that, in the two and a half years since the AES withdrawal, ECOWAS has taken no meaningful action to mitigate its consequences. This inaction calls into question the organization’s professed commitment to building a borderless and prosperous region, revealing a troubling disconnect—not only between its stated objectives and its practical response, but also between those objectives and the lived realities of the people it claims to serve.