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

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Women Affairs and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Gender Development Centre ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Women Affairs and the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

[PAUL KANE / GETTY IMAGES] This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President Joseph Boakai's state of the union speech in Monrovia on Monday. [MATTHEW JACOBS / AFP] On Tuesday in Egypt's ...

ABUJA, NIGERIA - The departure of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from West Africa's most influential bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), raises concerns, especially in the ...

MATTHEW JACOBS / AFP This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President Joseph Boakai's state of the union speech in Monrovia on Monday. KHALED DESOUKI / AFP On Tuesday in Egypt's capital ...

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 ...

Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) effective Wednesday, January 29, 2025 ...

"ECOWAS has turned its back on the ideals of its founding fathers ... with the attendance of Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo and thousands of demonstrators carrying flags of the three ...

With the 29, January 2025 deadline for their self-imposed exit from ECOWAS, the junta leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, have become jittery, deploying ...

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...