The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

These three countries, which together make up 15% of ECOWAS' population and nearly half of its geographic area, have voiced their dissatisfaction with the economic and financial sanctions imposed ...

“ECOWAS and the jihadists are the same ... s 1.9 million square miles and 17 percent of its 400 million population. The alliance said in a statement that it would leave the doors open ...

“The list of the vulnerable population in the six local government ... who was represented by the Head of the Ecowas National Unit of the ministry, Ali Gombe Haruna, highlighted that “The ...

Imposing sanctions, such as closing borders, disregards the population’s deep commitment to freedom of movement, one of the pillars of ECOWAS. Furthermore, the idea of military intervention to ...

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 get them ...

Narrative of external manipulation The military regimes have consistently portrayed ECOWAS as being influenced by external actors, particularly France and other Western powers. This narrative has ...

The withdrawal of the three countries from Ecowas poses major issues in terms of population circulation, trade and security. Bakary Sambe is the regional director of the Dakar-based Timbuktu ...

The region’s population is mostly young ... the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) can explore diverse strategies with military, political and socio-economic dimensions.