Burkina Faso, along with Mali and Niger, has officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). All ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have all gone through military coups and jihadist insurgencies in recent years. ECOWAS member state Guinea is also run by a military government after a 2021 coup.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has activated its standby force as part of the bloc’s efforts to ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the leader of the military junta which seized control of Burkina Faso in a military coup d’etat earlier in the year, repeated a ...

ECOWAS has been able to block West African nations from going to war with each other. Legit.ng throws light on how the ...

The decision to leave Ecowas was prompted after the military leaders launched coups against democratically elected leaders in Mali in 2021, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Niger in 2023. The Ecowas ...

Spanning three countries, the vast W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is being used to facilitate organised crime, terrorism and local ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and his Ghanaian counterpart John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called on Mali, Burkina ...

The July 2023 coup triggered widespread condemnation, including threats of military intervention from the regional Economic Community of West African States ... Niger and Burkina Faso, who ...

At a joint press conference in Abidjan on Wednesday, Côte d'Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana’s President John ...