Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations, and for its foreign staff to leave the country. The move leaves NGOs throughout West Africa wondering what the ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

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 ...

From presidential races to legislative contests, multiple African nations are set to vote in pivotal elections shaping their ...

Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso's withdrawal from ECOWAS marks a significant shift in West African politics and trade relations ...

Widely seen as West Africa's leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation ECOWAS was formed in 1975 to "promote ...

West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration of the regional bloc.