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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...