The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that the ongoing withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger ...

In January, the West African nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger completed their year-long process of exiting the ...

On 17 May, 2025, the UNPO celebrated the recent decision made by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court ...

As of February 2024, the remaining ECOWAS member states are Benin Republic, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone ...

So now ECOWAS will have to look back within its members to see who among them will augment the gap." In late January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdrew from ECOWAS and created a confederation ...

Political drama in four member states has led to questions about the broader role of the almost 50-year-old bloc. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States meet to discuss the ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been asked not to close the door of further engagement with exiting members of the body including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger because of ...

Remember, if the coup did not happen, Niger would still be a member of ECOWAS. Now the coupists are not only undermining ECOWAS, but are also instigating other member-states to do so. Gowon ...

ECOWAS aims to achieve “collective self-sufficiency” for its member states by creating a single trade bloc and building a full economic and trading union. Nigeria, the biggest country in West ...

So we have not shut any door,” he said — warning that ECOWAS members would not engage in “endless dialogue.” Niger has been at odds with many of its neighboring countries since July 26 ...