Heads of state from West Africa's regional bloc ECOWASÂ are meeting in the Ghanaian capital of Accra to deliberate on the ...

Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

Algeria and Mali share a 1,400-kilometer border and long-standing cultural ties, but their visions for the region have ...

China is stepping into a weapons supply breach in parts of Africa’s Sahel as authorities in the region cut ties with former colonial power France and Russia struggles to replace its depleted stocks.

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama urges Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to reconcile with ECOWAS and invites their leaders ...

The creation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to pursue economic and security ...

Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West ...

Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charles Owiredu, has described the upcoming ECOWAS Summit in Accra as a critical ...

President John Mahama has extended another invitation to the military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to attend the ...