The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

African Parliamentarians highlighted, on Thursday in Rabat, the strategic and multidimensional vocation of King Mohammed VI’s ...

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.

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

marking the end of French military presence in the country. Once a key link in France's military presence in Africa, Chad was ...

Foreign ministers from the three countries met in Ouagadougou ... Amewunou said the security crisis in the Sahel, particularly in francophone West Africa, played a major role in the split, as ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...