The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried to avert its unprecedented disintegration.

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

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union ...

Moreover, eight ECOWAS countries, largely francophone, are already members of a currency union—Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. These members of the ...

The West African Development Bank “BOAD” leads the way in innovation with landmark record-breaking $500 million public hybrid ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — 3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration of the regional bloc. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are still members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union — meaning trade and free movement of goods should continue among its eight-nation members.