Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main political ...

West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong ...

In October, the Malian government pledged to offset some of its domestic debt worth 200 billion CFA francs, the equivalent of ...

ECOWAS, West Africa's leading regional bloc, is grappling with a profound crisis as military juntas from Niger, Mali, and ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso up till July next year to ...

The arrest of mining executives in Mali, threats by Burkina Faso's junta to strip permits and the seizure of a French-run ...

One important element in this new phase of pan-Africanist struggle is the fight against foreign mining companies. West Africa ...

The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said Friday their decision to quit West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which they have condemned as subservient to ex-colonial ruler France, was ...

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West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved ... the military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they decided to leave ECOWAS, accusing it of “inhumane and ...