The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently pained by the establishment of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES: Alliance of Sahel States, ASS).

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has engaged his Ivorian counterpart, Léon Kacou Houadja Adom, in a collaborative ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

One or two of the three West African nations that recently withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are making efforts to reconnect with the regional bloc, Special Adviser ...

An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, ...

In all these countries, the biggest foreign population is Nigeria. So, Nigeria will need to strengthen our cultural ties, and ...

West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit ...

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said the community would keep its doors open to any state that chooses to ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...