This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...

The fragmentation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is no longer a theoretical concern but a stark reality. On January 29, 2025, despite a six-month extension offer from ECOWAS ...

The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

ABUJA, NIGERIA - The departure of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from West Africa's most influential bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), raises concerns, especially in the ...

Despite their exit, ECOWAS announced that passports and identity cards bearing its logo would remain valid for travel within the region for citizens of the three countries. Trade and economic ...

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 ...

Consequently, the sub-regional bloc directed all relevant authorities within and outside ECOWAS Member-States to “recognise National passports and identity cards bearing ECOWAS logo held by the ...

It directed, until further notice, all relevant authorities within and outside its member states to, among others, recognise national passports and identity cards bearing the ECOWAS logo held by the ...

The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

FILE -Members stand for the arrival of dignitaries at a joint press conference by African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) electoral observers in Abuja, Nigeria, Feb.

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said on Wednesday, the culmination of a yearlong process ...