The senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and protocol, Ademola Oshodi, has listed the significance of a recent summit held in Abuja by member states of the Economic Community ...

In January 2024, the military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced their intention of leaving the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, triggering the regional ...

Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani (C), pictured with his Burkinabe counterpart Captain Ibrahim Traore (R), is calling for the establishment of a 'community far ...

ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government gathered for the summit in Nigeria's capital city on Sunday, July 7, 2024, to elect a new chairman to lead the bloc for the next one year, among other ...

Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani (C) with his Burkinabe counterpart Captain Ibrahim Traore (R) formed a new confederation Saturday - Copyright AFP - Niger's ...

At the ECOWAS summit, the implementation of the eco – the single currency due to come into effect in 2027 – appears to have been relaunched. However, nothing points to this timetable being met. In ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is currently chairing the 66th Ordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the State ...

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday departed Lagos for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Military junta leaders ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been re-elected for another one-year tenure as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States. Recall that Tinubu was first elected to the position in Guinea ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS called on Monday for a summit of heads of state next month to try to help resolve a crisis in Niger triggered by President Mamadou Tandja's move to ...

The juntas in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have shifted away from former colonial ruler France and expelled French troops Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani (C) with his Burkinabe counterpart Captain ...