Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

President Trump’s reversal on a spending freeze. The White House yesterday walked back President Trump’s order to freeze ...

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's remarks to the Security Council open debate on "Maintenance of ...

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government .

Every nation has its moment . A chance to rise, to lead, and to define its legacy . Ghana stands at that crossroads now .

More than a century later, on April 14, 1979, the rice riot occurred, just when the country's economy was growing at an astronomical level from an annual rate of about two percent in 1961 to its ...

The Sahel is grappling with unprecedented violence, as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked jihadist groups intensify their attacks on civilians and m ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

The Minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has raised concerns that the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States ...

Widely seen as West Africa's leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation ECOWAS was formed in 1975 to "promote ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries in tackling some of the region’s ...