The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says its mediation team has left Guinea-Bissau after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo allegedly threatened to expel them amid rising political ...

In May this year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will roll out the drums to celebrate a landmark 50 ...

ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Eight years ago, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) helped end over two decades of dictatorship in The Gambia, setting the stage ...

The bloc, known as ECOWAS, said its mission left early on Saturday. It was deployed from Feb. 21 to Feb. 28 together with the ...

A regional mission in Guinea-Bissau by ECOWAS ended prematurely amid electoral disputes and tensions over when President Umaro Sissoco Embalo's term should conclude. The nation, which has a history of ...

The ECOWAS Resident Representative Office in Mali organized a handover ceremony on February 28, 2025, marking the end of the ...

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he will run for a second term in November, amid tensions with the ...

Ecowas said its team, together with the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (Unowas), had been deployed to the country from 21-28 February. It said it had "prepared a draft agreement on a ...

Guinea-Bissau faces political tensions as President Umaro Sissoco Embalo considers expelling an ECOWAS mission. The dispute centers around the expiration of Embalo's term, with disagreement among ...

He believes this signals a move to phase out the ECOWAS passport as a valid travel ... that drivers and travelers are being taken to an office for pressure and bribery if they don’t have the ...

“They demand between 5,000 to 10,000 CFA before allowing those with an ECOWAS passport to pass. If you can’t produce Niger’s new identification document, they take you to their office and ...