The AfCFTA is the culmination of decades of efforts to achieve Pan-African economic and political integration. Its roots can ...

The prospect of the eco, a unified currency proposed for the 15 member states of the ECOWAS, has stirred excitement across ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Two West African nations, after military takeovers, are reportedly taking steps to rejoin ECOWAS within the six-month ...

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

President Trump’s executive orders serve as a wake-up call for African leaders, demanding that they put public service and ...

The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known ...

Ecowas - which stands for the Economic Community of West African States - was founded in 1975 in a bid to improve economic ...

In response, a coalition of African economic and political leaders has become increasingly vocal about what they consider bias in the ratings. In September 2023, the African Union threw its weight ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and leaving the ...