Our exit from ECOWAS irreversible – Mali Story from Uji A. ILIYASU  Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, has said the decision of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is irreversible. Diop said this despite reconciliatory efforts from the union. The military juntas in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso broke away from regional bloc, ECOWAS, earlier this year and formed a confederation of their own on Saturday. ECOWAS heads of state assembled in Abuja a day later and appointed the presidents of Senegal and Togo...