Ecobank, which operates in all eight WAEMU countries, ranks first in several of the bloc’s largest markets, including Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Benin and Togo. These countries account for a substantial ...

ON Tuesday, December 9, at the 55th Session of the Mediation and Security Council in Abuja, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President, Omar Touray, announced the ...

Liberia has been elected to head the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Statutory Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy, and Agriculture, marking an important diplomatic victory for ...

Five years after its launch, the African Continental Free Trade Area is gaining political traction but is yet to deliver on ...

Officials in Burkina Faso released 11 members of the Nigerian military after seizing their cargo aircraft and detaining them ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Burkina Faso on Wednesday released 11 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force who were detained Dec. 8 after ...

The unconventional departure of Guinea-Bissau’s president has focused renewed attention on his country’s role in the booming ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have not been members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) since early January, but their political withdrawal has not resulted in a full break with ...

When mutinous soldiers briefly seized Benin Republic’s national television station and a military base earlier this month, ...

ECOWAS leaders agreed on a plan to significantly lower air travel costs, which is intended to boost regional unity and access ...

Three West African countries have joined forces to launch a regional investment bank with a capital of 500 billion CFA francs ...

President John Dramani Mahama has called for building a bridge between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...