In all these countries, the biggest foreign population is Nigeria. So, Nigeria will need to strengthen our cultural ties, and ...

FILE -Members stand for the arrival of dignitaries at a joint press conference by African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) electoral observers in Abuja, Nigeria, Feb.

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.

The exit of the three Sahelian states thus provides a unique and rare opportunity for ECOWAS to develop without their baggage ...

The ECOWAS hosted a technical meeting of focal points and experts from the continent’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) ahead of a high-level summit in Addis Ababa towards strengthening regional ...

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).The pain is unfortunate because ...

Some West African nations that announced their departure from the Economic Community of West African States following recent ... Session of the African Union’s Executive Council, scheduled ...

The prospect of the eco, a unified currency proposed for the 15 member states of the ECOWAS, has stirred excitement across ...

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 ...