Additionally, the withdrawal could also have implications for regional security and stability, particularly given the ongoing security challenges in the Sahel region. In response to the withdrawal ...

The ex-envoy called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint ... their decision to leave ECOWAS, the bloc should create an alternative platform—an “ECOWAS plus the Sahel States” arrangement ...

In response, the withdrawing states formed the Alliance of Sahel ... he (Tinubu) has managed it even to the point of giving the three countries six months to rethink and reconnect with ECOWAS.

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29 ... against civilians are rife in the Sahel region and access to national ...

Coastal states depend on AES for livestock, while the Sahel imports refined petroleum and manufactured goods from ECOWAS. A fragmented trade system risks inefficiencies and price volatility.

You have seen what has come out of it and how he (Tinubu) has managed it, even to the point of giving the three countries six months to rethink and reconnect with ECOWAS. “Of course, we know ...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, revealed this on Wednesday, just as President Bola Tinubu departed ... In his capacity as ECOWAS Chairman ...

WADEMOS, therefore, urged the Sahel states to reconsider and rescind the exit decision in the interest of ECOWAS citizens and to explore the six-month window provided by the ECOWAS authorities.

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu ... ECOWAS will have 12 members. Meanwhile, at their meeting on July 6, the leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger made a decision to set up a confederation of ...

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.

Dare emphasized that the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, presents a strategic opportunity for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as Chairman of ECOWAS, to engage in high ...