Analysis - The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

An ambush by a group of criminals resulted in the deaths of at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the Burkina Faso border. The ...

Niger's army said Wednesday that 10 soldiers died in an "ambush" in the western Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, where authorities Niger ...

Of late, some armchair critics took a swipe at the orientations of Nigeria’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its effects on ...

Some of the West African nations who asked to leave the Economic Community of West African States after recent military takeovers ...

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested two ...

Before It Becomes ECO-WAS ...

NSCDC has arrested two persons for allegedly trafficking a 16-year-old minor (name withheld) to Burkina Faso for prostitution ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...