THE Economic Community of West African States, a regional bloc consisting of 15 member countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo ...

The new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, ...

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d'état. While the ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which ...

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under whose stewardship ECOWAS marked the Golden ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

In West African geopolitics, ECOWAS mdash;the Economic Community of West African States mdash;now finds itself perched on a precarious edge, caught between the weight of internal rebellion and ...

General Assimi Goita's approval of the measure had been widely expected for several days, and comes after the country's military-appointed legislative body passed the bill last week.

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

Most strikingly, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – all under junta rule – announced their withdrawal from ECOWAS earlier this year, forming their own Alliance of Sahel States (AES) and pledging military ...