Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are still members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union — meaning trade and free movement of goods should continue among its eight-nation members.
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is working to ...
France’s influence in Africa is weakening, but it hasn’t disappeared. While political ties are fading, its economic grip ...
Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...
"Let’s continue to gather information, let’s continue to ask questions and pretend I’m working." The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have been upended by military coups ...
"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...
The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...