A high-level panel was held on April 12, 2024. This discussion session is co-organized by the Center for Prospective Studies (CEP) in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation

“Les enjeux géopolitiques, économiques et sécuritaires du retrait du Mali, du Burkina Faso et du Niger de la CEDEAO pour les pays de The Alliance of Sahel States and ECOWAS” was the theme around which the panel held on Friday focused. UEMOA According to Sylvain N'Guessan, geopolitical expert, panelist, with the withdrawal of the three (3) countries from the ESA, the subregional area will be hybrid with countries that leave ECOWAS but remain in the. For his part, Lambert Bamba, an expert economist, spoke out on “the challenges and economic prospects for Côte d'Ivoire without Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the ECOWAS region”. According to him, Côte d'Ivoire must finish the dry port of Ferkessédougou style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style