This consciousness of one community actually informed how ECOWAS leaders did not invade the Niger Republic to restore the ousted elected leader as initially planned. For instance, it took the ...

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

This will happen on Wednesday, all three countries having ignored ECOWAS’s call to extend the period by six months to try to find a solution. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are now united in a ...

The recent formal exit of the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance d’Etats Sahel, AES, from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a big blow to Africa’s best known regional ...

The Republic of Niger has begun enforcing restrictions on Nigerians traveling with the ECOWAS passport, barring entry for those without a valid international passport. This move follows the ...

So now ECOWAS will have to look back within its members to see who among them will augment the gap." In late January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdrew from ECOWAS and created a confederation ...

The Republic of Niger has implemented strict immigration measures, now requiring Nigerians traveling with ECOWAS passports to possess a valid international passport to enter the country.

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 ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which is due to take ...

and Niger. The Commissioner, Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, said this at the meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of the Chiefs of Defence Staff on Tuesday in Abuja.

President John Dramani Mahama has emphasised that the primary reason behind the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS is a breakdown of trust. Following a closed-door meeting ...