The initiative is part of the ongoing efforts by the Federal Government and ECOWAS to address the needs ... that plans were now in place to begin the full implementation of the Fistula project.

Citizens of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger who hold passports and ID cards with the ECOWAS logo will still get access to the other 12 member countries of the west African regional bloc. This is despite ...

The exit of the three Sahelian states thus provides a unique and rare opportunity for ECOWAS to develop without ... Shared geography does not necessarily mean the same destiny.

Retired Ambassador Ogbole Amedu-Ode raised concerns about Nigeria’s diminishing influence in regional security, noting that the situation is unfolding under Nigeria’s leadership of ECOWAS.

With the 29, January 2025 deadline for their self-imposed exit from ECOWAS, the junta leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, have become jittery, deploying ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...

ECOWAS said that its members were also required to treat goods and services coming from the three countries in accordance with ECOWAS regulations and provide full support and cooperation to ECOWAS ...

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...