They have since formed their own union - the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Why have these three countries exited ECOWAS, and is this a crisis point for the regional bloc? Catherine Nzuki is joined ...
The recent appearance of the Micro-trottoir project in Bamako is a strong reflection of new trends in West Africa, where ...
The Alliance of Sahel States has accused the International Organization of Francophone Nations of being a tool for political ...
The recent formal exit of the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance d’Etats Sahel, AES, from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a big blow to Africa’s best known regional ...
The junta successfully built a strong anti-French sentiment in Francophone African ...
The countries of the Sahel Confederation AES, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, continue in their project of mutual integration ...
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ECOWAS must reinvent itself at 50
IN a few weeks, the Economic Community of West African States, established on 28 May 1975, will turn 50. It was established ...
Niger earlier suspended cooperation with the International Organization of Francophone Nations, calling it a tool of Paris ...
As escalating conflicts draw in a growing number of actors and worsen the Sahel’s humanitarian crisis, a surge in destabilizing migration flows would be all but guaranteed. To avoid this outcome, the ...