Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

It is very difficult to imagine how a group of heads of state could negotiate with a government that is not legally established by the people of a country to leave ECOWAS. ECOWAS and AU have both ...

If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk to regional blocs is men in uniform ...

Member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been urged to collaborate in the ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

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

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

The imminent withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS marks a historic shift in West African economics, forcing ...

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