The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Wednesday officially recognized the exit of three of its former ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to Ecowas ... can really bring benefits for us, that would be an excellent thing," she said. Zabeirou Issa, who lives in Mali's ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The latest development marks a ...

Urging the three countrirs to have a rethink, Musa said: “We urge our brothers in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to remain part of ECOWAS. “We must not allow political differences to divide us.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the suspension of visa issuance at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, the State Department said Sunday. In a media note, the State Department’s Office ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's ... from the three countries that bear the ECOWAS logo. It said that citizens of the three countries should "continue ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally. The withdrawal "has become effective today," ECOWAS said in a statement. All three nations, which in September created ...

"This is ending today, there is nothing left between ECOWAS and us," he said. In Burkina Faso, thousands of people including Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo and other members of ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds. By Saikou Jammeh ...

After coming into power, the juntas in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced that they were leaving ECOWAS, and they created their own security partnership, the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), in ...

Last week's historic Gulf Coast snowstorm helped lock down a rarity in the U.S. as all 50 states have already seen accumulating snow this winter − and all 50 had some at the same time.