Regionalism in Africa at the Present Stage

... and Paul-Henri Damiba, the leader of the first 2022 coup in Burkina Faso. Perhaps, it was Goita’s success in seizing power that inspired Doumbouya and Damiba to organize their coups of their own. The West unanimously condemned the coup plotters in Guinea, whereas the AU and ECOWAS suspended the country’s membership in these regional organizations. ECOWAS imposed sanctions: economic and those related to foreign travel. Only the Goita government did not support those measures. Moreover, several cooperation agreements were ...