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 ...

With the growing isolation from their ECOWAS neighbors—who imposed sanctions that deepened economic hardships and threatened ...

Vast quantities of uranium, stealing squillions of dollars, how to screw desperately poor people and mainstream media keeps ...

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

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is the chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Governments and under his leadership, the regional bloc threatened to invade Niger to restore the ...

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 ...

Similarly, a foreign affairs expert, Charles Onunaiju, cautioned that the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS could have severe consequences for regional stability and security.

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally.