A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

Farewell visit by the Turkish Ambassador to the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

The prospect of the eco, a unified currency proposed for the 15 member states of the ECOWAS, has stirred excitement across ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Ecowas - which stands for the Economic Community of West African States - was founded in 1975 in a bid to improve economic ...

Nigeria is Africa’s big brother, not just in name as the giant of Africa, but i deed, as it has always played key roles in ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried to avert its unprecedented disintegration.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger broke away from the Economic Community of West African States ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...