Liberia: AS I See It: The Government of Liberia Should Lead Diplomatic Efforts to Keep ECOWAS’ Unity

Some time ago, the Republics of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso decided that they were preparing to withdraw from the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS). The three countries experienced undemocratic transitions or transfers of power, which ECOWAS is opposed to. The ECOWAS Member States imposed selected sanctions on those countries. They took other actions to help the 3 West African countries return to democratic leadership by holding free, fair, and transparent elections….