Says Withdrawal Disrupts Intelligence Sharing, Counterterrorism Efforts ABUJA – Conference of Civil Societies and Centre for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMICO) has expressed concern over the ...

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

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

President John Dramani Mahama is leading diplomatic efforts to reintegrate Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Minister for Foreign Affairs ...

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

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way ...

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

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a yearlong period of talks and diplomatic efforts aimed at trying to ...