ECOWAS sanctions in Mali: “The impact... is not immediate.
If it lasts, there will be problems.
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A vegetable seller works at the central market in Bamako, Mali, wearing a mask on March 26, 2020. (Illustration image) AFP
By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow
Closed borders, frozen assets… On January 9, ECOWAS adopted very heavy sanctions against Mali.
But the junta in power in Bamako is organizing to cope and to continue to pay its civil and military officials.
A month later, what is the real impact of ECOWAS sanctions on the Malian economy?
Guinean businessman Madani Dia was the executive secretary of the Guinean Private Sector Consultation Platform.
Today, he deploys his commercial activities between Guinea and Senegal.
Online from Dakar, he answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.
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