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

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

The prospect of the eco, a unified currency proposed for the 15 member states of the ECOWAS, has stirred excitement across ...

It is instructive to state that these external contributions do not determine the policies or priorities of ECOWAS. The ...

nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

often collaborating with states to solve domestic challenges on various fronts from politics to economics and security. In parts of West Africa, however, ECOWAS has lost its effectiveness and ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

Junta-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit West African bloc after more than a year of diplomatic tensions ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...