The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have posed a major challenge to the bloc’s unity, refusing to heed its call for a transition to civilian rule.

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

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

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, are officially leaving the regional economic bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday, after 50 years.The withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African ...

The official departure from the West African body on Tuesday comes after Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali last year formed their ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said. The ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and leaving the ...

It should immediately send emissaries to Niamey. It can follow up with a meeting between President Tinubu and General Tchiani. Nigeriens and Nigerians on both sides of the colonial border are same ...

Gunmen have kidnapped an Austrian woman in Niger's Agadez city. The Austrian Foreign Ministry said its embassy had learned of the abduction of the Austrian national and was in contact with regional ...