Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. With the inauguration of the newfangled Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in the ...

A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and an attempted coup in Benin are the latest tests for ECOWAS. But it is the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Monthslong tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc known as ECOWAS boiled over when the nations announced their immediate withdrawal from the ...

ECOWAS delegation has arrived in Guinea-Bissau on Monday, as the military government which seized power in the country banned ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration ...