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Mauritania to make ECOWAS comeback

afrol News, 17 August - Mauritania is few miles away from making a comeback in the regional economic block, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the desert country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine, spills the beans.

The Arab-Maghreb Union [that was bent on promoting the superiority of minority Arabs in Africa] finally succeeded in convincing Mauritania to pull out of ECOWAS in 1999. Mauritania is so far the only country that does not enjoy membership in the regional economic bloc.

But after a working session with the Chairman of the ECOWAS Commission, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Mauritanian officials are more than convinced that the country has missed a lot of benefits for pulling out of the regional body.

Mauritanian officials have now shown their commitment to restore cooperation with ECOWAS, which obviously enables the country to tap existing trade benefits, especially the Cotonou Agreement, a 20-year trade package signed between the European Community, its member states and 77 countries of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP). The package was signed on 23 June 2000.

The agreement serves as a platform of integration in world trade as well as gave birth to the creation of Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and the ACP countries.

Mr Chambas’ visit was seen as epitomising the wishes of both Mauritanian government and the ECOWAS, which is to promote a privileged partnership under EU-ACP negotiations through the Cotonou Agreement.

The overthrow of the dictatorial regime of Sid Ahmed Taya ushered in democracy in Mauritania. The military embarked on a 19-month transition during which the country was prepared for democracy.

In march this year, Mauritanians took part in what was seen as free, fair and transparent elections, the first in over 40 years. The new government is also moving fast to cure the many injustices in the country. One such was to outlaw slaver and punish all those who promote or practice the century old culture.

By staff writer

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exactly, In my view mauritania is more than welcome since I think in the long run they will have to adapt to the rest of ecowas. If they turn the other way blacks might have to endure these hardships for longer. I've heard that slavery has more or less come to a complete stop after the resent elections. (first democratic since independence)
 
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900 million people stemming from thousands of different languages, ethnicities and cultural differences will never be able to unite under one banner of interest. Its human nature that thousands of different ethnicities, nationalities and language barriers all have their own self interests in place. Someone's skin color is far of broad and irrelevent factor.
 
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Mauritania signs partnership agreement with ECOWAS
08/05/2017

Mauritania and ECOWAS countries signed a new cooperation agreement aimed towards improving economic and security situation in the region.

On Friday, Marcel Alain de Souza, president of ECOWAS commission, and Mauritanian Minister of Commerce, Naha Mint Mouknass, reached a consensus allowing free flow of goods and people and strengthening the fight against terrorism in the region.

The two parties also agreed to have a single tariff policy that will apply to all goods moving across the region.

ECOWAS and Mauritanian officials “emphasized the very strong ties which have existed for centuries characterized by brotherhood, friendship and good neighborliness. (it took all this Morocco talk for them to realise this :lol:)

This new approach will consolidate both economic and relations between Mauritania and the 15 member ECOWAS countries. Mauritania had left ECOWAS in the year 2000 to join the Maghreb union consisting of Libya, Morocco and Algeria.
http://www.africanews.com/2017/05/08/mauritania-signs-partnership-agreement-with-ecowas//
 
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