Comparisons are being made between the sudden exit of the military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and Britain’s 31st January 2020 official exit of Britain from the European Union.
On the surface, similarities can be found with Brexit, to wit: some small nation with a fraction of the GDP of the entire group leaves a Community of equals and forfeits all the advantages of the economies of scale inherent in a single…
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