Mali said on Wednesday that it would not wait a year to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as is required by the bloc's treaty.

The African Union’s appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region strengthens the AU’s ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso issued a joint statement accusing the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, of kowtowing to “foreign powers” and said their withdrawal from the ...

The AES, a new alliance comprising the junta-led states of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, recently introduced the 0.5 per cent import duty on goods coming from ECOWAS countries as part of efforts ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS as tensions deepen. The three countries allege that the bloc has “moved away from the ideals of its founding fathers ...

As Niger marks two years since the July 26, 2023 coup, the military junta faces a critical test. Has life improved under ...

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has stated that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) don’t have solutions to the ...

A new ECOWAS-mediated agreement allows the interim president, Dioncounda Traoré, to remain in office for the next 12 months, until a presidential election can be organized next year. Not everyone in ...

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