{"id":2289995,"date":"2024-07-06T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/african-military-juntas-joining-together-attack-on-one-of-us-will-be-an-attack-on-all\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T19:54:37","slug":"african-military-juntas-joining-together-attack-on-one-of-us-will-be-an-attack-on-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/african-military-juntas-joining-together-attack-on-one-of-us-will-be-an-attack-on-all\/","title":{"rendered":"African Military Juntas Joining Together: &#8216;Attack on One of Us Will Be an Attack on All&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafrican-military-juntas-joining-together-attack-on-one-of-us-will-be-an-attack-on-all%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289995&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali, and \u200cBurkina Faso have decided to withdraw from the West Africa \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-african-omicron-discoverer-laments-knee-jerk-biden-style-travel-bans\/\" title=\"South African Omicron Discoverer Laments &#039;Knee-Jerk&#039; Biden-Style Travel Bans\">regional bloc<\/a> known as ECOWAS, citing its failure to fulfill its mandate. The military junta \u200cleaders of these countries announced their\u200b decision during a \u200csummit in Niamey, Niger, where they\u2064 also pledged to strengthen\u2063 their alliance known as the Alliance\u200c of Sahel States. They criticized ECOWAS for being influenced by foreign powers and expressed their intention to create\u200c a new organization that better serves \u200bthe interests of African states. The move has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-off-ramp-should-he-bow-out-of-the-2024-contest\/\" title=\"If Biden decides to exit the 2024 race, here&#039;s his off-ramp\">caused\u200b division<\/a> within ECOWAS, as other\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-failure-of-epic-proportions-inside-the-european-unions-failed-vaccine-rollout\/\" title=\"\u2018A Failure Of Epic Proportions\u2019: Inside The European Union\u2019s Failed Vaccine Rollout\">member states<\/a> are set to meet for \u200da\u200c summit in Nigeria. Despite efforts at mediation, \u2064analysts believe that the \u200bthree countries will \u2064remain outside of the regional bloc for the foreseeable future, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-sends-out-jury-admonishes-witness-in-george-floyd-case\/\" title=\"Judge Sends Out Jury, Admonishes Witness In George Floyd Case\">tensions continue<\/a> \u2064to escalate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 6, 2024 at 9:10am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize regional efforts to revert coups and curb the violence spreading across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Military junta leaders of the three countries made the announcement during their first summit in Niamey, the capital of Niger, after their <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mali-burkina-faso-niger-ecowas-africa-d2e8b1e5448d9a7823e6b9d3d8ec774b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawal from the West Africa bloc known as ECOWAS<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>They also accused the bloc of failing its mandate and pledged to consolidate their union \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sahel-coups-niger-tchiani-mali-burkina-faso-insecurity-e96627c700aa4fcf8d060dd9d2d16667\">Alliance of Sahel States<\/a> \u2014 created last year amid fractured relations with neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly 50-year-old ECOWAS has become \u201ca threat to our states,\u201d Niger\u2019s military leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani said. \u201cWe are going to create an AES of the peoples, instead of an ECOWAS whose directives and instructions are dictated to it by powers that are foreign to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/multiple-americans-arrested-african-nation-alleged-involvement-deadly-coup-attempt-left-3-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa<\/a>,\u201d Tchiani said.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of the three countries that border one another comes a day before an ECOWAS summit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nigerian-first-lady-enraged-celeb-nakedness-meghans-trip-not-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigeria<\/a> where other heads of state in the region are to meet. Analysts say the two meetings show the deep division in ECOWAS, which has emerged as the top political authority for its 15 member states before the unprecedented decision of the three countries to withdraw their membership.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts by ECOWAS to keep its house united, the alliance between the three military junta-led countries will most likely remain outside the regional bloc as tensions continue to grow, said Karim Manuel, an analyst for the Middle East and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/african-church-elder-stands-firm-denominations-rewrite-marriage-holds-bible-high-declares-word-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa<\/a> with the Economist Intelligence Unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttempts at mediation will likely continue nonetheless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-s-senator-and-florida-governor-bob-graham-dies-at-87\/\" title=\"Bob Graham, ex-U.S. Senator and Florida Governor, passes away at 87\">notably led<\/a> by Senegal\u2019s new administration, but it will not be fruitful anytime soon,\u201d Manuel said.<\/p>\n<p>Formed in September last year, the Alliance of Sahel States has been touted by the three countries as a tool to also seek new partnerships in countries like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-russian-athletes-refuse-participate-paris-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> and cement their independence from former colonial ruler France, who they accused of interfering with ECOWAS.<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting in Niamey, Burkina Faso\u2019s leader Capt. Ibrahim Traor\u00e9 reaffirmed those concerns and accused foreign countries of exploiting Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWesterners consider that we belong to them and our wealth also belongs to them. They think that they are the ones who must continue to tell us what is good for our states. This era is gone forever; our resources will remain for us and our populations,\u201d Traor\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack on one of us will be an attack on all the other members,\u201d Mali\u2019s leader Col. Assimi Go\u00efta also said.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting of regional ministers on Thursday, Omar Alieu Touray, the president of the ECOWAS Commission, said the bloc has not received \u201cthe right signals\u201d about any possible return of the three states despite lifting coup-related sanctions that they blamed for leaving.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not only the three countries that are angry at ECOWAS, observers say. The bloc has lost goodwill and support from West African citizens so much that some were celebrating the recent spate of coups in the region where citizens have complained of not benefiting from rich natural resources in their countries.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, ECOWAS is seen as representing only the interests of the leaders and not that of the masses, according to Oge Onubogu, director of the Africa Program at the Washington-based Wilson Center think tank.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nations of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have decided not to rejoin the West Africa regional bloc due to concerns that it could further complicate efforts to address coups and violence in the region. The military leaders of these countries made this announcement during a summit in Niamey, Niger, where they also criticized the bloc for failing to fulfill its mandate. Instead, they plan to strengthen their union, the Alliance of Sahel States, which was established last year. The decision to withdraw from the bloc has caused division within ECOWAS, with analysts predicting that tensions will persist. The Alliance of Sahel States aims to establish new partnerships with countries like Russia and reduce interference from former colonial powers. Despite efforts to mediate, it is unlikely that the three countries will rejoin ECOWAS anytime soon. Additionally, there is growing discontent among West African citizens towards ECOWAS, as they feel the bloc only serves the interests of leaders and not the general population<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2289996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23955f44831d45a4bff1154369927d0a-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34103,34104,19726,5017],"class_list":["post-2289995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-african-military-juntas","tag-collective-defense","tag-solidarity","tag-unity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23955f44831d45a4bff1154369927d0a-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}