Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

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

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

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.

In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard ...

CIMICO has expressed concern over the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS).

Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West ...

ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. ECOWAS has become a target for the military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and ...

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is working to ...

Relations between ECOWAS and the coup-hit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso began to deteriorate after the bloc imposed stringent sanctions on Niger to pressure its military to reverse the coup it had ...