The list of African countries under military rule may have risen to seven as the Army in Gabon said they had taken over power ...

Novel in Africa at the time, ECOWAS's objective was clear and laudable: to foster economic integration.West African leaders converged on Lagos on 28 May to commemorate the golden jubilee of the ...

Femi Falana, has accused African leaders, who make up the Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Economic ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which was set up to promote trade and good governance across ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — each now led by a junta — left in January, causing the biggest split to the body since its ...

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government’s handling of the terrorist threat in the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar has voiced confidence that Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger,  the three Sahel nations that recently ...

The Nigerian government has said it is hopeful that Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will rejoin the Economic Community of West ...

Within the context of an enduring relationship dating back to May 1975, the establishment of the Economic Community of West ...

In this Feb. 18, 2020 photo, Burkina Faso paratroopers are being trained at the U.S. military-led annual Flintlock counterterrorism exercise in West Africa. (AP Photo/Cheikh A.T Sy) United States ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on West African leaders to rekindle the founding vision of the Economic Community of ...

Stakeholders hopeful Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger will return to bloc • Gowon reminisces how ECOWAS started • Buhari hails founding fathers, cites health reasons for absence Critical stakeholders of the ...