In reaction to ECOWAS’s demands and pressure, Niger’s new military leadership adopted a more defiant stance. They suspended cooperation with ECOWAS, accusing it of foreign influence and bias.

The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS would mark the culmination ... and other one-time allies from the region and beyond.

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 ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) expressed grave concern on Wednesday as tensions between Algeria and ...

West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over a deepening dispute between Algeria and its southern ...

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are in Moscow for their first official talks with Russia, as the three ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like military rulers in Mali and Burkina Faso, Niger authorities also went on to kick out French and other European forces, and left the West African economic group, Ecowas. Mali, Niger and ...

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 ...

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 ...