Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

A 171-mile road project in a landlocked country in Africa is set to improve transport connections and provide a much-needed ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

A low population reaching military age has a direct influence on a country's capacity to sustain a strong and well-staffed ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

East African countries have plenty to offer Western miners in the coming years, notably the relative absence of strongarm ...