The three military-led countries announced their intention to leave ECOWAS in January 2024. They cited the organization's alleged dependence on France as a primary reason for their exit.
On January 29, 2024, the three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required ...
This is as the ECOWAS Commission President, Omar Touray will brief the media today on the exit of the three Sahel States. These three countries were suspended by ECOWAS in January 2024 following ...
Leaders of the West African regional grouping, Ecowas, have approved the withdrawal of three countries ruled by the military from the bloc, but have offered a six-month grace period for them to ...
On 28th May 2025, ECOWAS will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. It should be a time for consolidation not disintegration. My view is that both sides could ride on the current positive bandwagon ...
Their imminent departure from the bloc, alongside Mali, has fractured the region and is leaving the ECOWAS grouping with an uncertain future. The three junta-led countries formally notified ECOWAS ...
The leaders of the 15 ECOWAS member countries aimed to achieve a monetary and currency union by the end of 2020 but abandoned that timetable because the group was not ready. They were far from the ...