# ECOWAS temporarily preserved visa-free movement and trade treatment after withdrawal

Date: 2025

ECOWAS instructed authorities to continue recognizing relevant national identity documents, visa-free movement and ECOWAS trade arrangements for citizens and goods from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger while separation modalities were negotiated.

## Drivers

- Traoré junta and AES: https://factrail.ai/drivers/traore-junta-aes

## Sources

- https://www.ecowas.int/burkina-faso-mali-and-nigers-withdrawal-from-ecowas-is-now-a-reality/
- https://www.ecowas.int/press-statement-2/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ecowas-preserves-mobility-for-burkinabe-2025