Macron on August 28 told a conference of French ambassadors that France was determined to back any efforts by ECOWAS, including military action, to restore constitutional order in Niger.

The AES, a new alliance comprising the junta-led states of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, introduced the 0.5 percent import duty on goods coming from ECOWAS nations as part of efforts to generate ...

Niger's junta had initially proposed a three-year transition period right after the coup, but that was rejected by West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS, which called it a provocation and ...

because he's well embedded in French governmental networks and played a big role in pushing ECOWAS to threaten to invade Niger in 2023. Analysts believe he's asked French troops to leave his ...

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. The woman has lived in Niger for over two decades and is a fixture in her community ...

President John Dramani Mahama will give a detailed report on his recent diplomatic engagements with heads of state of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger during the next ECOWAS Summit. Mr Samuel Okudzeto ...

And all except Guinea, have pulled out of Ecowas, the West African regional bloc. Niger's relations with Ecowas broke down when the junta proposed a three-year transition period to democratic rule ...

His comments come within the six-month transition period the ECOWAS approved for the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso as member states. At the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS ...

Read more Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso formally leave ECOWAS Shortly before the coup, Niger adopted a new national anthem titled "For the honor of the fatherland," which references the anti ...

Niger's junta had initially proposed a three-year transition period right after the coup, but that was rejected by West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS, which called it a provocation and ...