The decision comes after the three countries notified ECOWAS of their intention to withdraw from the community. The withdrawal process is expected to be completed by July 29, 2025, with a ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed a 0.5% levy on imports, funding their breakaway union and marking a significant shift from ECOWAS trade policies.

Senegal has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states to step up measures that would promote ...

President John Mahama has extended another invitation to the military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to attend the ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had “done everything possible” to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa’s ECOWAS regional group, to no avail. The ...

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

The leaders of the 15 ECOWAS member countries aimed to achieve a monetary and currency union by the end of 2020 but abandoned that timetable because the group was not ready. They were far from the ...

A technical committee made up largely of top economists from the national central banks and government ministries will work out the structure and regulatory framework for a common central bank for the ...

The leaders of ECOWAS member states introduced harsh sanctions ... The TV channel did not specify in which countries increased military activities are taking place. In late July, a group of ...