One of the loudest stories from Africa this week was the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from ECOWAS, an event that did not go unnoticed by our AI-powered host Joy.
The nations have argued that ECOWAS has "betrayed its founding principles" under foreign influence, failing to help them fight terrorism and instead imposing sanctions on countries after the coups.
According to experts, the withdrawal of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso opens up the possibility of creating a single currency and could prove beneficial to the standard of living of their people.
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