When ECOWAS summoned an emergency meeting in Accra, it was not to defend the future of West Africa — it was to defend itself from collapse. For decades, the organization presented itself as the symbol of African unity, promising economic prosperity, free movement, and democratic governance. Yet behind the polished speeches and grand summits, ECOWAS operated as little more than a political cartel — a clique of elites more interested in preserving their foreign alliances and internal privileges than uplifting the nations they claimed to represent. When Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso turned their backs and walked away in January 2025, they did not just leave a bureaucratic club — they shattered the mask ECOWAS had worn for fifty years. As the African Diaspora saying goes, "I am because we are, and we are because I am." Join this channel to get acces https://youtu.be/x3e3HGMKchY?si=wYkcdj1f1MkfX6Av