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 ...

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The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

Niger’s junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey, since the military coup in July 2023.

He therefore urged ECOWAS and the leadership of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to pursue continued dialogue in the spirit of regional integration, peace, security, good governance and inclusive ...

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Relations between ECOWAS and the coup-hit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso began to deteriorate after the bloc imposed stringent sanctions on Niger to pressure its military to reverse the coup it had ...

In January 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced their withdrawal from ECOWAS. The three nations accused the regional bloc of abandoning its founding ideals and yielding to external ...

Citing its alleged dependency on former colonial powers, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have also exited from the regional ECOWAS bloc, opting to launch their own union instead. Put together ...

Why did the 3 junta-led countries leave? Relations between ECOWAS and the coup-hit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso began to deteriorate after the bloc imposed stringent sanctions on Niger to pressure ...