Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders will meet Sunday in Accra to review their plan of action in the face of military councils that have taken power by force in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso and decide on sanctions against those countries.

The panel must decide, in particular, on Mali, which has been subject to tough trade and financial sanctions since January 9 in response to a military coup after recently agreeing to the necessary preconditions for their lifting, according to the French press agency. (AFP). With regard to Burkina Faso, a coastal country where armed groups operate, and Guinea, ECOWAS has so far only suspended membership in their bodies, but the two ruling military groups in them intend to remain in power for three years, and two countries to tougher penalties .

Military coups in West Africa followed two years ago, with the military seizing power in Bamako on August 18, 2020, then again on May 24, 2021. The same thing happened in Conakry on September 5, 2021, and in Ouagadougou on January 24. 2022.