The three Sahelian states' split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

ECOWAS is West Africa’s top political and economic authority, often collaborating with states to solve various domestic challenges. In recent years, however, it has struggled to reverse coups in the ...

Ivory Coast’s success is not unqualified. Entrepreneurs grouse about a lack of skills among the young, not surprising since ...

Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to the small nation's port would be a game-changer.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reinforced its commitment to tackling the pressing security, economic, and political challenges threatening the bloc's unity and progress.

For those African governments with leverage – market access and natural resources – a splintering of the West may sound ...