Ngokumangazayo, amazwe aseNtshonalanga Afrika okuyiMali, Burkina Faso, kanye neNiger ahoxe ngokusemthethweni ku-Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ngokusho kwezitatimende ezihlanganyelwe ezikhishwe yizikhulu zawo ezihlukene ngeSonto. Labaholi basole i-ECOWAS ngokufaka unswinyo “olungenabuntu” okuhloswe ngalo ukubuyisela emuva ukuketulwa umbuso kwakamuva emazweni abo.
AmaJunta, esitatimendeni esisakazwa kumabonakude wombuso kuwo wonke amazwe amathathu, azwakalise ukungenami kwawo nge-ECOWAS, athi inhlangano yezomnotho yesifunda isiphambukile emigomeni eyabekwa ngabasunguli bayo kanye nomoya we-pan-Africanism ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngama-50 ikhona. .
“Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-ECOWAS, ngaphansi kwethonya lamazwe angaphandle, ekhaphela izimiso zayo zokusungula, isibe yisongo emazweni angamalungu ayo kanye nemiphakathi yayo injabulo okufanele iqinisekise,” isitatimende esihlanganyelwe sifundeka kanjalo.
I-ECOWAS, eyasungulwa ngo-1975 ngenhloso yokugqugquzela ukuhlanganiswa kwezomnotho emazweni angamalungu, sekuyisikhathi eside ithathwa njengegunya elihamba phambili kwezombusazwe nesifunda eNtshonalanga Afrika. Kodwa-ke, le nhlangano ibhekane nezinselelo eminyakeni yamuva, ikakhulukazi ekubhekaneni nokuqubuka kokuketulwa umbuso esifundeni kanye nezikhalo zezakhamizi mayelana nokusatshalaliswa ngokulinganayo kwemithombo yemvelo.
Inqubo kanye nemithelela yokuhoxa akukacaci, njengoba i-ECOWAS ingakaphenduli emibuzweni ye-Associated Press. I-bloc ibilokhu igcizelela ukuhlonishwa kwayo ohulumeni bentando yeningi, futhi inkantolo yayo yesifunda yakhipha isinqumo ngonyaka odlule sokuthi ama-juntas akanalo igunya lokuthatha isikhundla sohulumeni abakhethiwe.
Lesi sigameko siwukuphenduka kwakamuva ochungechungeni lwezehlakalo ezibhebhethekisa ukungezwani kwezepolitiki eNtshonalanga Afrika kusukela kwaba nokuketulwa umbuso kwakamuva eNiger ngonyaka odlule. Ukuhoxa kuphinde kwaqondana nokuthi amazwe amathathu akha umfelandawonye wezokuphepha futhi anqamula ubudlelwano bezempi neFrance namanye amazwe ase-Europe, aphendukela eRussia ukuze athole ukwesekwa.
Isitatimende esihlanganyelwe sisole i-ECOWAS ngokwehluleka ukusiza amazwe amathathu ekulweni nezinsongo “ezikhona”, ikakhulukazi ubuphekula. Abaholi bezempi bathi i-ECOWAS, esikhundleni sokusekela imizamo yabo, ifake unswinyo oseluphinde lwehlisa amandla abantu asebehlaselwe udlame lweminyaka.
Njengoba iNtshonalanga Afrika izulazula kulesi siphithiphithi sezombusazwe, ukuhoxiswa kweMali, iBurkina Faso, kanye neNiger ku-ECOWAS kuphakamisa ukukhathazeka mayelana nokuzinza kwesifunda kanye nekhono le-bloc lokubhekana nezinselelo eziyinkimbinkimbi ezibhekene namazwe angamalungu.
