A truck from Mali leaves after loading goods in the Industrial area near Abidjan on January 30, 2025, a day afer Junta-lead Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal has shaken the Economic Community of West African States, which many consider to be the continent's most important regional group and this year marks its 50th anniversary. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)