China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

The three Sahelian states' split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

As China and Russia gain ground in Africa, the U.S. policy should distance itself from its unpopular European partners.

In fulfillment of his mandate to promote regional trade integration, the Chairman of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announces Ecotour 19-29 training to enhance regional Tourism policy implementation ...

ECOWAS Commission and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a $12 million grant agreement to implement.

For those African governments with leverage – market access and natural resources – a splintering of the West may sound ...

A new chapter of regional collaboration is taking shape in West Africa as the African Development Bank and the Council of the Entente explore closer ties to accelerate integration and sustainable ...

Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to the small nation's port would be a game-changer.

March 2 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the ...

On February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU), which includes 55 countries and over 1.5 billion citizens, elected Mahmoud Ali ...