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.

In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard ...

The deadline for the exit of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States is set to expire ...

“ECOWAS has sent letters requesting meetings. We are awaiting official ... comes as ECOWAS prepares to approve the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, following the lapse of the one ...

Two West African nations, after military takeovers, are reportedly taking steps to rejoin ECOWAS within the six-month ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

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

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The latest development marks a significant ...

THE Presidency said yesterday that some West African countries that opted out of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, after the enthronement of military government were considering ...

Opinion - Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States ...

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

After the Niger coup, Ecowas imposed crippling sanctions on ... giving notice last January that they would withdraw in a year, meeting the timeline set by the bloc for states that decide to ...