Abaminisitiri b’ibihugu, abaperezida n’abahagarariye bifotoje mu matsinda mu gihe cyo gutangiza isabukuru yimyaka 5 ya ECOWAS i Accra, muri Gana
Mu myaka 50 ishize, ku ya 28 Gicurasi 1975, ibihugu cumi na bitanu byo muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba byemeye gushinga Umuryango w’ubukungu w’ibihugu bya Afurika y’iburengerazuba (ECOWAS).
Ubuyobozi bwa mbere bwahawe uwahoze ari perezida wa Liberiya, William Tubman. Bitewe n’akazi gakomeye kandi dusaba ubumwe na perezida wa Togo Gnassingbé Eyadéma ndetse n’uwahoze ari umuyobozi wa Nigeriya, Yakubu Gowon, ubwo bumwe bwatangiye gukurikizwa muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba.
Bombi banyuze mu karere, bituma hasinywa amasezerano ya ECOWAS mu 1975 i Lagos n’ibihugu 15. Amasezerano y’i Lagos yari agamije gutuma ibicuruzwa n’abantu bagenda mu bwisanzure mu karere. Mu 1990 niho bakuyeho ikoreshwa ry’amakarita ndangamuntu mu gihe bambuka umupaka.
Nubwo ibyagezweho byose, urugendo ntirwagenze neza.
Ihuriro ry’ibihugu bitatu bya Mali, Burkina Faso na Niger ryatangaje umwaka ushize ko bavuye mu muryango w’akarere uzwi ku izina rya ECOWAS.
Bahise bashyiraho ubufatanye bwabo bw’umutekano, buzwi ku izina rya Alliance y’ibihugu bya Sahel, bahagarika umubano wa gisirikare n’abafatanyabikorwa b’iburengerazuba bamaze igihe nka Amerika n’Ubufaransa, maze bitabaza Uburusiya kugira ngo babushyigikire.
Mu gusubiza, uyu muryango wagaragaje umurongo ngenderwaho w’inzibacyuho, ukomeza politiki nk’ubucuruzi bwisanzuye n’ubucuruzi butagira visa, byibuze by’igihe gito.
Ubu, ibihugu bigize uyu muryango bigiye kurangiza izo ngamba no kumenya intambwe ikurikira. Ubushyamirane bwiyongereye nyuma yuko ibihugu bitatu, ubu biri mu bihugu bigize Umuryango w’ubumwe bw’ibihugu bya Sahel, bishyizeho 0.5% ku bicuruzwa bitumizwa mu mahanga ku bicuruzwa bya ECOWAS – iki kikaba ari ikibazo kirwanya icyifuzo cy’ubucuruzi mu karere kandi kigora umubano kurushaho.
Mu gihe ibiganiro bikomeje muri Accra, ECOWAS ihura n’ingorabahizi yo kongera umubano wayo n’ibihugu byacitsemo ibice, mu gihe hagamijwe kubungabunga umutekano n’ubufatanye muri Afurika y’iburengerazuba.
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