The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European interests in the region. #EuropeNews ...
France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
The ECOWAS bloc has offered some concessions to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger following their exit from the union ・ECOWAS ...
Niger has suspended its participation in the Multinational Joint Task Force, and Chad has threatened to withdraw.In March 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) set up the Multinational Joint ...
Mignot stressed that the EU was not in support of ECOWAS splitting, saying that regionalism is the path to prosperity and stability. The envoy, who spoke yesterday at a media chat in Abuja, described ...
The European Union (EU) has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to adopt a fresh approach in its ...
Speaking in Abuja during a media briefing on Monday, Mignot expressed the EU’s regret over the withdrawal of the three ...
The Head of European Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Gautier Mignot has urged the regional body to seek a new ...