By LINDA AKHIGBE   Only last month, on May 28, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, celebrated its 50th anniversary with huge fanfare, commemorating the event with official ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed a Chief Negotiator to oversee the orderly withdrawal of ...

Amandla Institute will convene a high-level reflection conference of leaders in Abuja from June 24 to 25, 2025. The event, themed ‘ECOWAS at 50: A High-Level Reflection Conference of Leaders’, is part ...

IMF approves Burkina Faso’s third ECF review, unlocking $32.8M; total aid nears $131M • Growth hit 5% in 2024, seen slowing to 4.2% in 2025; insecurity hurts mining • Program on track despite missed ...

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio was chosen on Sunday to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government.

At the West African Economic Summit in Abuja over the weekend (on June 20 & 21), Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who was also ...

Russia has for years sought to expand its influence in Africa, in particular through the rise of mercenaries sponsored by the Kremlin.

President Bio of Sierra Leone was yesterday elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African ...

The following is a sample chapter from my novel The United States of Africa . ldquo;I propose to show how in practice African ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio was on Sunday elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States ...

In those days, riding in an ABU bus felt safer than the NAF–001 (presidential jet). Everywhere we went, we received smiles, ...