By Iddi Yire   Accra, Feb 14, GNA-President John Dramani Mahama has urged the United Nations (UN) to strengthen its ...

Liberia's President Joseph Boakai poses for a photo, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting, in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Dec ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a session exploring reforms of global economic rules to better align with human rights. Specifically, experts discussed developing indicators to ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

Despite the quarter-century gap, both exits share a common thread: dissatisfaction with ECOWAS’ capacity to address member-specific needs. However, the AES withdrawal poses more significant regional ...

“Continue to treat goods and services coming from the three countries in accordance with the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) and investment policy. “Allow citizens of the three ...

With the 29, January 2025 deadline for their self-imposed exit from ECOWAS, the junta leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, have become jittery, deploying ...

Here are the 10 countries with the largest foreign currency reserve assets. All figures are as of November 2024 unless otherwise stated. Sources: IMF and Central Bank of the Republic of China ...