West African leaders are holding a crucial summit in Nigeria's capital Abuja, focusing on the morale-sapping departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from their 15-member bloc Ecowas. Few think ...

The Office of the Resident Representative of the President of the ECOWAS Commission in Cabo Verde organized a strategic ...

Political parties loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane ... the African Union and West African regional bloc Ecowas all say that Mr Ouattara won the 28 November vote.

The monetary union includes the three junta-led countries as well as Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Togo and Benin. Officially, a six-month extension for talks between ECOWAS and the three ...

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will leave the Ecowas group in January but have six months to ...

Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, recently participated in a series of events in Egypt, Ivory Coast and Nigeria as part of its ...