IBurkina Faso, iMali, kanye ne-Niger Juntas Bashiya I-West African Economic Community

IBurkina Faso, iMali, kanye neNigers juntas bamemezele ukuhoxa kwabo ku-Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), begomela ngokuthi umfelandawonye wesifunda usuguquke waba indlela “esetshenziswa amandla angaphandle, abeka engcupheni ubukhosi” bamazwe angamalungu.

Abaholi bombhikisho, ngaphansi kwengcindezi ekhulayo evela ECOWAS ukusungula ukubusa kwentando yeningi, bamemezele isinqumo sabo esidlangalaleni izolo ngesitatimende esihlanganyelwe.

Inhlangano yezomnotho enamalungu ayi-15 ifake unswinyo eBurkina Faso, eMali naseNiger, okubandakanya ukumiswa kwabo ngenxa yokuketula umbuso. Leli qembu likubeke kwacaca ukuthi alibavumi ohulumeni abaholwa ngamasosha futhi selimemezele inqubomgomo yalo yokungabekezeleli kunoma yikuphi okunye ukuqhwagwa kwamandla esifundeni, okuphinde kwaba nokuketula umbuso ngempumelelo eGuinea kanye nomzamo wakamuva ongaphumelelanga eGuinea- Bissau.

Ngemuva kokuxoshwa kukaMengameli waseNiger u-Mohamed Bazoum ngoJulayi, nokwaphawula ukuketulwa kwezempi kwakamuva kakhulu Isifunda saseNtshonalanga Afrika, i-bloc ikhiphe isexwayiso sokuthi izocabangela ukuqasha amasosha esifunda ukuze kubuyiselwe umbuso wentando yeningi. Ngemuva kwemizamo eminingi engaphumelelanga yokuqinisekisa abaholi be-junta ukuthi bahlehlise ukuketula umbuso, isimo se-bloc sahlala siqinile. Ikakhulukazi, iMali kanye neBurkina Faso bazwakalise ukungahambisani nokungenelela kwamasosha asekelwa yiFrance eNiger, bethi kuzobhekwa njengesenzo sokulwa nezizwe zabo.

I-ECOWAS ihlale igxekwa yi-Ouagadougou, Bamako, kanye neNiamey ngezinsolo zokuthi ithonywe amazwe aseNtshonalanga. Esikhathini esidlule, abaholi be-junta balawa makoloni amathathu aseFrance basungula i-Alliance of Sahel States (AES) ngomqulu. Lo mthethosisekelo uzibophezela ekunikezeni usizo komunye nomunye uma kwenzeka ukuhlaselwa kwangaphandle noma izinsongo zangaphakathi ebukhosini babo. Ukwengeza, zontathu izizwe ziye zanqamula ukuxhumana kwazo kwezempi neFrance, zathi lokhu kungenxa yokuphazamiseka kanye nokwehluleka kwamasosha aseFrance ukunqoba izihlubuki zamaSulumane esifundeni saseSahel, naphezu kokuzibandakanya kwazo iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi.

IBurkina Faso, iMali, kanye neNiger igxeke i-ECOWAS izolo ngokuntula kwayo ukwesekwa ekulweni nodlame olunesikhathi eside lwamaphekula esifundeni.

Abaholi bezempi bazwakalise ukungeneliseki kwabo nge-ECOWAS ngokusebenzisa unswinyo abalubone kungenangqondo, lungamukeleki, futhi luphambene nemigomo yayo, lapho izifundazwe zizibambela mathupha isiphetho sazo.

Isitatimende esihlanganyelwe esikhishwe ngabaholi be-junta, sithi "abantu baseBurkina, eMali, naseNiger, ngemuva kweminyaka engama-49 baba khona, bazwakalisa ukuzisola okukhulu, ukucasuka kanye nokudumala okukhulu nge-ECOWAS." Ngenxa yalokho, benze isinqumo esizimele sokuhoxa ngokushesha ku-bloc, kusho isitatimende.

I-ECOWAS imemezele ukuthi isalinde isaziso esisemthethweni esivela kubaphathi bezempi mayelana nokuhoxa kwabo.