Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Niger’s junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

and Niger convened in the Burkinabé capital, Ouagadougou, to finalize the conditions for their withdrawal from the Economic ...

As ECOWAS approaches its 50th anniversary amid growing internal crises, former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, ...

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, who is the only surviving, founding member of the Economic Community of ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently pained by the establishment of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES: Alliance of Sahel States, ASS).

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, pose for a group photo during their ...

FILE - The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ... Guinea and Niger, pose for a group photo during their extraordinary meeting in Accra, Ghana, Aug. 17 ...

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 its military to reverse the coup it had ...