Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led ...

MATTHEW JACOBS / AFP This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President ... has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries. Nujoma has been called the country's founding father after ...

Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ...

“Continue to treat goods and services coming from the three countries in accordance with the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) and investment policy. “Allow citizens of the three ...

The ECOWAS Commission said in a statement that the withdrawal ... Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo and thousands of demonstrators carrying flags of the three countries. Ouedraogo hailed "this ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries in tackling some of the region’s ...