Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Junta leader, General Abdourahamane ...

My submission then was based on political history in Africa and the ECOWAS region in particular. Years later, ECOWAS emergence and events across its member nations were what I studied in-depth ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

human rights across the ECOWAS region. Dr Yaouza Ouro-Sama, Chief Registrar of the Court, and Mr Hervé Kuate, UNHCR Senior Liaison Adviser, ECOWAS/ECCAS, both reaffirmed their commitment to ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently pained by the establishment of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES: Alliance of Sahel States, ASS).The pain is unfortunate because ...

GNA-The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Abuja Office, have ...

Some West African nations who asked to leave the Economic Community of West African States after recent military takeovers are reportedly taking steps to reengage with the regional bloc within the ...

The departures were the first of its kind in the bloc's 50-year historys and analysts warn that a weaker ECOWAS could further undermine the increasingly fragile region. What is ECOWAS and what ...