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

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré made history as the first person to receive the newly introduced AES passport, just days after Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali celebrated their official exit from ...

Ecowas for dia announcement tok say dem go keep di doors open sake of spirit of regional solidarity. But di move by di Sahel State kontries to launch dia own common passport mean say to go back no ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, ...

including free movement within the region with an Ecowas passport. The 15-nation regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States, was established in 1975 with one goal: “To promote ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) raises concerns over access to ...

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

including free movement within the region with an ECOWAS passport. ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still ...