The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

“The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger from ECOWAS has become effective today, 29th January 2025,” the President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar ...

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 ...

“The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger from ECOWAS has become effective today, 29th January 2025,” the President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries in tackling some of the region’s ...

ECOWAS threatened to intervene militarily in Niger to reinstate the deposed president and imposed heavy economic sanctions on Niamey, which have now been lifted. The three countries, who were ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which is due to take ...

Their imminent departure from the bloc, alongside Mali, has fractured the region and is leaving the ECOWAS grouping with ... slogans hostile to French President Emmanuel Macron as well as other ...