ECOWAS assured that passports and identity cards bearing its logo will remain valid for travel within the region.

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

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja Despite the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West ...

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Christopher Musa, on Wednesday charged Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, and Mali to ...

ECOWAS say dem go keep di doors open sake of spirit of regional solidarity, but di move by di Sahel State kontris to launch ...

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally.

The three countries will put their own common passport into circulation on Wednesday and have announced a unified army of 5,000 men.

The Economic Community of West African States announced on Wednesday it had set up a committee to determine the modalities for future relationship with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Wednesday marked ...

This will happen on Wednesday, all three countries having ignored ECOWAS's call to extend the period by six months to try to ...

The passport, set to be available from January 29, is part of their new alliance, the Confederation of Sahel States (AES).

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated the post-exit dialogue with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which will determine the new relationship between the rest of the region ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body Interpol on Thursday.