Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had rejected that original plan for a three-year transition.

President John Dramani Mahama met with Burkina Faso’s interim leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Monday, March 10, 2025, to ...

The ECOWAS Monetary Cooperation Programme (EMCP) aimed to eliminate exchange rate volatility and enhance trade and investment flows. However, the exit of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger threatens ...

Why did the 3 junta-led countries leave? 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 ...

Years later, ECOWAS emergence and events ... the three exiting nations and their Russian allies suffer heavy losses at the hands of insurgents. Niger Republic’s plan to export crude oil has ...

and Niger—posing significant challenges to the organization’s future. In her opening address, speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima, acknowledged the achievements of ...

The Republic of Niger has implemented strict immigration measures, now requiring Nigerians traveling with ECOWAS passports to possess a valid international passport to enter the country.

The July 2023 coup triggered widespread condemnation, including threats of military intervention from the regional Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS. Niger's political ...

Now, some of those nations are warming to Niger and its military-led allies Mali and Burkina Faso ... were quitting regional West African bloc, ECOWAS. Their departure from the Economic Community ...

and Niger Republic. The judgment was delivered on Friday in the case of Mr. Zadi Philipe v. The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS & ECOWAS Commission. The Court dismissed claims ...