The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

The departure of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from West Africa's most influential bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), raises concerns, especially in the areas of security and ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated the post-exit dialogue with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which will determine the new relationship between the rest of the region ...

It is very difficult to imagine how a group of heads of state could negotiate with a government that is not legally established by the people of a country to leave ECOWAS. ECOWAS and AU have both ...

“That the three poorest member states decided to leave the bloc makes ECOWAS in the eyes of its citizens look even more like a loser in this conflict,” he said. Widely seen as West Africa's ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

DAKAR (Senegal), Jan 29 (Bernama-dpa) – The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are officially leaving the Economic ...