Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the …
In late March and early April, as Ramadan was coming to a close, a powerful heat wave descended on West Africa. A new report says it would not have occurred …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday in Abuja lifted sanctions it imposed on Niger over the unconstitutional takeover of government in that country on July 26, …
West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, on Saturday, said that the exit of three of its members would cost the region a lot including projects worth about $500 million. “The withdrawal …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday in Abuja lifted sanctions it imposed on Niger over the unconstitutional takeover of government in that country on July 26, …
President Bola Tinubu has called on ECOWAS to suspend the economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. ECOWAS imposed the sanctions following the unconstitutional changes in government …
The governments of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have made public their plans to form a confederation following their ‘exit‘ from ECOWAS. “Our excellent diplomats then recommended to the Heads …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday, convened a meeting of its mediation and security council to discuss political developments in the region. The meeting discussed the …
ACCRA, Ghana – ECOWAS flag with member flags at the second extraordinary summit on the political situation in Burkina Faso, in Accra, Ghana, on February 3, 2022. Photo by NIPAH …
Mali and Burkina Faso said Monday they had sent ECOWAS “formal notice” of their withdrawal from the West African bloc, with Niger expected to follow. The military regimes in all …