Scores of people on Tuesday rallied in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

The three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one year’s notice for it ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, takes effect on ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

This will happen on Wednesday, all three countries having ignored ECOWAS's call to extend the period by six months to try to ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

The three junta-led West African nations, who have come together to form the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) after their coups ...

Their military rulers accuse ECOWAS of having imposed “inhuman, illegal and illegitimate” sanctions against them after the coups ...

Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country. It comes after Paris handed over its two other bases in the ...