Junta-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit West African bloc after more than a year of diplomatic tensions ...

Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West ...

It is very difficult to imagine how a group of heads of state could negotiate with a government that is not legally established by the people of a country to leave ECOWAS. ECOWAS and AU have both ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has expressed the fear that the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

Prior to Wednesday's shake-up, the bloc had 15 members, including states like Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal.

The European Union has unveiled a three-year grant worth €300,000 to strengthen the secretariat of the European Chamber of ...

On Saturday, 71-year-old Noël Louise Mekah Fossi, the daughter of murdered Cameroon independence activist Jacob Fossi, stands ...

The world has been witnessing rapid technological advancement, fundamental demographic changes and various emerging issues, and these developments require “pro-active and bold steps” to prepare ...

The three countries, led by military governments, cited ECOWAS's alleged alignment with former colonial powers and failure to ...

Africa correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai talks to Nathan about a plane crash in South Sudan, which killed 20 oil workers on board, the military governments of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have withdrawn ...

Foreign investors, particularly those from the European Union (EU) have been urged to really commit to the development of ...

Across the West African Economic and Monetary Union, governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso push reforms, investor ...