The split “worsens a legitimacy crisis of ECOWAS which has often failed people’s expectations in upholding the rule of law,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad ...

They celebrated their nations' imminent withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ... and Mali have formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in response.

This is as the ECOWAS Commission President, Omar Touray will brief the media today on the exit of the three Sahel States ... President Bola Tinubu, who chairs the ECOWAS Authority, reiterated ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The ...