The Punch on MSN2d
Breakaway ECOWAS members proposing to return – Presidency
Some West African nations who asked to leave the Economic Community of West African States after recent military takeovers are reportedly taking steps to reengage with the regional bloc within the six ...
Voice of America8d
Analysts consider ramifications of ECOWAS members’ exit
In 2023, the three states formed their own bloc, the Alliance of Sahel States, seeking closer ties with Russia. Touray said ECOWAS plans to hold a technical session with the three countries to ...
BBC10d
Ecowas react as Alliance of Sahel States launch new passport
Ecowas for dia announcement tok say dem go keep di doors open sake of spirit of regional solidarity. But di move by di Sahel State kontries ... Nigeria President Bola Tinubu be di Chairman ...
The Punch Newspapers8d
ECOWAS: Niger, Mali, B’Faso exit may worsen Sahel insurgency, ex-envoys warn
The ex-envoy called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint ... their decision to leave ECOWAS, the bloc should create an alternative platform—an “ECOWAS plus the Sahel States” arrangement ...
SFGate9d
ECOWAS pledges to 'keep door open' after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The split “worsens a legitimacy crisis of ECOWAS which has often failed people’s expectations in upholding the rule of law,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad ...
The Punch Newspapers10d
ECOWAS: Uncertainty as Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso exit deadline elapses today
This is as the ECOWAS Commission President, Omar Touray will brief the media today on the exit of the three Sahel States ... President Bola Tinubu, who chairs the ECOWAS Authority, reiterated ...
AllAfrica.com18d
West Africa: Sahel's Crisis and the Imperative of Regional Collaboration
Security in the Sahel, one of the world's ... fuelled undue criticism of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration's foreign policy towards the suspended ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African ...
The Nation Newspaper29d
Tinubu meets UN Deputy Sec-Gen Amina Mohammed
Amina Mohammed was accompanied by Leonardo Simão, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, and Mohamed Fall, the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria.
Radio France Internationale23d
Fears for the future in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso over Ecowas withdrawal
Fears for the future in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso over Ecowas withdrawal The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West ...
AOL9d
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The split “worsens a legitimacy crisis of ECOWAS which has often failed people’s expectations in upholding the rule of law,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad ...
WSB-TV9d
ECOWAS pledges to 'keep door open' after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
ABUJA, Nigeria — (AP) — 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 ...