Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Leave ECOWAS Bloc

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso on Sunday announced that they would be withdrawing from West Africa’s regional Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS bloc — developments happening amid increased calls by the international community to have the military led governments return to civilian rule. For more, VOA’s Linord Moudou spoke to Kwaku Nuama, a professor at School of International Service at American University in Washington D.C.