Mali’s Standoff Time Bomb To Nigeria, Others - ECOWAS Parliament - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 22, 2019
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West AfricansStates, ECOWAS has raised the alarm over the isolated treatment of the Malianstandoff by member-states and warned that the rest nations in the sub-regionwere sitting on a time bomb on account of the persistent standoff.
A delegation to the stressed West African nation, in itspreliminary assessment of its visits to camps of internally displaced persons,IDPs in Mopti and Bamako, urged for a swift resolution of the crisis, addingthat no part in the entire sub-region was longer safe.
The team, which gathered relevant data concerning therefugees and first-hand information about their condition, sought to know ifthe rights of the affected persons to healthcare, shelter, food, and educationhad been respected.
Malian lawmaker, Fatimara Fonba called on the parliament toalso consider the role of some foreign political interests accused of fuelingthe crisis in its report.
A member from Nigeria, Foster Ogola stated that the only waythe crisis in the country could be solved was to identify its root cause andgrievances of the masterminds.