Junta-led countries Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after more than a ...

The three Sahelian countries teamed up to form a confederation called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they exit ECOWAS Wednesday.

MATTHEW JACOBS / AFP This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President ... has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries. Nujoma has been called the country's founding father after ...

(FILES) Flags of Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) countries are displayed inside the Nigeria presidential villa, after the extraordinary session of Economic Community ...

The Alliance of the Sahel States (AES), comprising Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali, marks a year of leaving the Economic ...

A year after their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), the three member countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) are demonstrating a strong and united front.

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

Scores of people on Tuesday rallied in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

Having defined themselves as the West African flag bearers of a fight ... there has been a significant softening of the ECOWAS stance towards the three countries, including the lifting of ...

Another said: "Goodbye hand-tied ECOWAS, long live free AES." Some protesters also carried flags of the three Sahel countries or that of Russia. "To cut the cord of imperialism... this will not ...