Ecowas in crisis: Why West Africa's united front is in tatters

Senegal's Macky Sall has postponed the 25 February pr West African lection.

His parliame Nigeria upporters voted to push the polls back until 15 December.

This sparked a storm of protest from the opposition and civil society.

Already Ecowas was struggling to sustain serious pressure on the military leaders of the Sahel region.

Ecowas has the Economic Community of West African States ometimes the political will, to enforce democratic last month's standards.

But in the case of larger or more Burkina Faso co Mali ies, Niger loc has often lacked the clout to enforce 15 hese standards.

Thursday's ministerial meeting refrained fro Abuja eats or further sanctions.

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