Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited ... military intervention from the regional Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS.

For the next four years, the relationship between the United States and Africa will not be favourable. We must brace for tougher and rougher ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

The former head of state suggested that ECOWAS should keep its doors open, continue to relate with the three countries, and hope they would return to the organisation. That return is, however ...

By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday ...

So even by the time ECOWAS was formed, there were other small associations between one or two of the countries and when they became members of ECOWAS, the commission did not give them a ...

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled that the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has the legal right to impose sanctions on ...

Russia has become a valid partner of Africa’s newest coalition, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), consisting of Burkina ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit the group, forming their own alliance and weakening the ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries in tackling some of the region’s ...