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

On Saturday, 71-year-old Noël Louise Mekah Fossi, the daughter of murdered Cameroon independence activist Jacob Fossi, stands ...

BAMAKO, Mali — 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 ...

LAGOS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the bloc following their ...

"Long live AES, down with ECOWAS," one banner read. Another said: "Goodbye hand-tied ECOWAS, long live free AES." Some ...

The ECOWAS Charter requires a one-year period before ... Having defined themselves as the West African flag bearers of a fight against centuries of French neo-colonialism and feeling themselves ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after more than a ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Women Affairs and the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Women Affairs and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Gender Development Centre ...