THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday imposed sanctions against the military governments in Guinea and Mali.
The move was agreed at an emergency summit of ECOWAS in Accra to respond to last week’s coup in Guinea and perceived slow progress towards constitutional rule in Mali following a coup last year.
The Summit decided to freeze the financial assets and impose travel bans on Guinea’s junta and their relatives, insisting on the release of President Alpha Conde and a short transition. “In six months elections should be held,” said ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, at a briefing.
ECOWAS also piled more pressure on Mali’s transitional government, demanding they stick to an agreement to organise elections for February 2022 and present an electoral roadmap by next month, according to the post-summit communiqué.
