Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main political ...

In a first in the 15-nation bloc’s nearly 50 years of existence, the military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso ...

West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, says the impending exit of its three member states led by military juntas is ...

The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said Friday their decision to quit West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which they have condemned as subservient to ex-colonial ruler France, was ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has approved the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the bloc from January 29, 2025.

ECOWAS, West Africa's leading regional bloc, is grappling with a profound crisis as military juntas from Niger, Mali, and ...

Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, until now communications minister and spokesperson of the government, will be the West ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has issued a decree dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and ...

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc.

West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved an exit timeline Sunday for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of ...

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger six months, from January 29 ...