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 ...

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

A high-level delegation from Abuja has visited Ouagadougou to ease tensions after a Nigerian military plane was forced to ...

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 ...

The West Africa Bar Association (WABA), a leading regional organization representing legal professionals across West Africa, ...

ECOWAS rejects Guinea-Bissau junta’s transition timetable Bloc demands political prisoners freed, inclusive transition government ECOWAS threatens targeted sanctions, deploys defence chiefs delegation ...

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 ...