The ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Peacekeeping and Regional Security, convened the two-day Governmental Experts’ Validation Meeting on the ECOWAS Standby Force Training Policy for ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso face the task of untangling themselves from West Africa’s main regional bloc, Ecowas, after ...

The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) and the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) are participating in the 2025 Mid-Year Joint Statutory Meetings of ECOWAS monetary institutions, which ...

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has called for urgent reforms to strengthen governance, accountability, and citizen-state relations in the Sahel and across ...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged Nigeria to strengthen its regional and South-South trade by ...

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

West Africa's main regional bloc, ECOWAS, has rejected a proposal by Niger's military junta to hold elections within three years, extending a political impasse that could trigger a military ...

In Burkina Faso, supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore protest against France and the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, taking to the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Oct. 4. West ...

ECOWAS is struggling to facilitate a return to constitutional order in Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, and Mali, all of which have seen coups since 2020.

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet in Abuja, Nigeria, on Aug. 10. (EPA/EFE/Shutterstock) ...

West African leaders meet about Niger coup as concerns mount over ousted president's health Johannesburg — The leaders of a group of West African nations met Thursday for an emergency summit to ...

ECOWAS is a regional political and economic union established on May 28, 1975. The bloc consists of 15 countries, among which, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger are founding members that first signed the ...