nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

African Parliamentarians highlighted, on Thursday in Rabat, the strategic and multidimensional vocation of King Mohammed VI’s ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Army, the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Trump administration's decision to suspend American aid to foreign countries for 90 days has caught many African governments off guard. In the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), ...

Morocco stopped 78,685 migrants from illegally crossing into European Union territory in 2024, up 4.6% from a year earlier, ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...

The West Africa Democracy Solidarity (WADEMOS) Network has appealed to ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahelian States, to enhance ...