How will strained ties between ECOWAS and neighbours Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso affect the fight against armed groups?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When armed soldiers in the small West African nation of Benin appeared on national television on December 7 to announce they had ...

The election observation missions to Guinea-Bissau set up by the African Union and Economic Community of West African States, and the West African Elders Forum, have condemned the halt of the ...

El-Rufai says the people of Niger Republic are one and the same with those living in Northern Nigeria. The regional organisation recently resolved to militarily intervene in the Niger coup crisis if ...

The Economic Community of West African States, on Sunday in Abuja, resolved to impose targeted sanctions on individuals and groups abetting the unconstitutional change of government in Guinea-Bissau.

Nigeria, African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday condemned an attempted military takeover in Benin Republic. They gave the condemnation as confusion and ...