German Development Minister Svenja Schulze plans talks with western African leaders next week after the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Schulze is due to meet ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray on Monday, her ministry said on Sunday. Her visit comes around a week after the juntas that rule Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdrew their countries from the regional economic bloc, saying the grouping had come under the influence of foreign powers that threatened the sovereignty of its members. The ECOWAS bloc had also impos…