IN a few weeks, the Economic Community of West African States, established on 28 May 1975, will turn 50. It was established following the signing of the Treaty of Lagos. It aimed to promote economic ...

Nigerian traders at the Niger border are expressing their concerns about officials in Niamey rejecting ECOWAS passports. They ...

A Nigerian pro-democracy coalition, Concerned Nigerians in Defence of Democratic Governance, has petitioned the Economic ...

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West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

Togo is signalling a potential realignment in West African geopolitics as it openly explores joining the Alliance of Sahel ...

Greater Global South solidarity is the only viable solution in the face of the seismic political shifts in the West.

The AFDB and ECOWAS Commission have signed a Protocol of Agreement for a grant of $11.78 million to strengthen regional rice ...

The countries that initially agreed to contribute, three of them are no longer with ECOWAS. So now ECOWAS will have to look back within its members to see who among them will augment the gap." ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to combat terrorism and other trans-border crimes in the subregion. Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru ...

“Analysis by commodities showed that the main commodities exported to ECOWAS countries in Q4 2024 were Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals worth N911.38 billion or 77.52 ...

Last week, member states of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) resolved to launch its planned single currency for the 15 countries after decades of failed attempts. Ecowas has been ...