West African leaders gave military leaders from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso more time to reconsider their split from the ...

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

Decades after independence, colonial-era laws have created a mass-incarceration crisis in Sierra Leone as poor citizens are ...

While faced with this blow to regional unity, West Africa is also poised to start work on a 1,028km (689 miles) highway from ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger say they will allow free movement, as regional bloc meets to discuss their withdrawal.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed one hundred and twenty observers for the ECOWAS Election ...

In a first in the 15-nation bloc’s nearly 50 years of existence, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure the maturity of democracy in the region.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened a high-level consultative meeting in Accra to deliberate on the update of its Regional Infrastructure Master Plan (RIMP). Organized by ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has approved the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the bloc from January 29, 2025.