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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Laurie CHURCHMAN

Troubled West African States Test Fractured Regional Bloc

Senegal plunged into its worst political crisis in decades when President Macky Sall announced he was postponing elections (Credit: AFP)

West African foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Thursday confronted by a major political crisis in Senegal and weakened by disputes with military rulers in three coup-hit countries.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) extraordinary session follows President Macky Sall's sudden decision to delay elections in Senegal, just a week after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger declared they were quitting the bloc.

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