What is ECOWAS and what does it do? Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation bloc was formed in 1975 to “promote economic integration” among its member ...

Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ...

ECOWAS also announced that its "doors remain open" to the departing nations and urged the remaining 12 member states to continue to support them. "I think that ECOWAS has taken a pragmatic ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been asked not to close the door of further engagement with ...

THE Presidency said yesterday that some West African countries that opted out of the Economic Community of West African ...

The bloc, however, said that it has also decided to “keep ECOWAS’ doors open,” and requested member nations to continue to accord the trio their membership privileges, including free ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dismissed 135 employees in a single day, without prior notice, ...

The Economic Community of West African States Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control, RCSDC, said the region ...

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

The exit of the three Sahelian states thus provides a unique and rare opportunity for ECOWAS to develop without the baggage of its non-democratic members holding it down. To begin with ...

The bloc, however, said that it has also decided to “keep ECOWAS’ doors open,” and requested member nations to continue to accord the trio their membership privileges, including free ...