Danso, security and international relations expert, says the exit of three junta-led states from the West Africa bloc would undermine the integration of the region.

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, ...

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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following months of tense relati ...

This Monday, a conference was convened by the Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, with other civil society ...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - January 29, 2025 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) confirmed this Wednesday the ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

STORY: French troops lowered their flag from a base in Chad on Friday, marking the end of France's military presence in the ...

Chad’s authorities demanded that France withdraw all its troops from the country’s territory by January 31, 2025 ...

The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

Chad's President Field Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby says this week’s departure of the last French troops from the central ...

Opinion - Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States ...