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 ...

A year earlier, West Africa's main political and economic bloc had sent Mahamadou Issoufou, the recipient of the 2020 Ibrahim Prize for leadership, to Burkina Faso to mediate in the country’s coup.

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 ...

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 ...

The withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the latest sign of political turmoil in the region, but the direct impact on (re ...