Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says he is optimistic about the return of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to the ...

An Al Qaeda-linked rebel group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers ...

AFRICOM Chief Michael Langley has linked rising terror attacks in Africa to reduced US counterterrorism presence across the ...

Even without brothers who left our organization,’ ECOWAS has an ‘understanding of the need to continue together as members of ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — each now led by a junta — left in January, causing the biggest split to the body since its ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has urged West African media practitioners to pay less attention to the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of ...

Member of Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr.  Zainab Gimba, has blamed the rising spate ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maitama Tuggar, has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ...

While many continue to look at Burkina Faso as the next likely site of political upheaval, they may be looking in the wrong ...

Several soldiers have been killed in an attack targeting a military post in western Niger, a local source told AFP Tuesday, ...

Tuggar said although the three countries have exited ECOWAS, Nigeria and other member countries would continue relating with ...

Foreign Minister Tuggar has said ECOWAS’ door remains open to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s eventual return.