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Launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Ecowas in Accra, Ghana, on 22 April 2025. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.
A soldier deployed by Ecowas secures the inauguration ceremony of in-coming Gambian president Adama Barrow following a power struggle with the incumbent Yahya Jammeh in 2017. Photo by Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images

West Africa’s bold trade experiment turns 50: an Ecowas report card

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

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