[Premium Times] This week, under the leadership of the Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, civil society groups and some development partners convened a conference attended by leading politicians, pro-democracy activists and academics, to address rising threats to the democratic order and the role we should play in trying to sustain it. Also, this week, three ECOWAS countries - Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso - left ECOWAS because of its opposition to the coup they had implemented to overthrow the democratic