The junta successfully built a strong anti-French sentiment in Francophone African countries, capitalising on their populist ...

A 40-year-old Nigerian, Bishir Dauda, plans a 50-day advocacy and solidarity journey across West African countries to ...

Spanning a considerable stretch of West Africa, this motorway project is tipped to completely transform the continent.

ECOWAS has been able to block West African nations from going to war with each other. Legit.ng throws light on how the ...

The regional bloc appears to be facing a fait accompli over the three estranged countries which have hardened their positions not to return to the regional fold. This is where ECOWAS Mechanism for ...

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 meeting was attended by Chiefs of Defence Staff of ECOWAS member countries except Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which had withdrawn from the sub-regional body. Others at the meeting were the ...

The Economic Community of West African States has activated its standby force to combat terrorism in the sub-region. The regional body had, in October last year, hinted at the establishment of a ...

A Nigerian pro-democracy coalition, Concerned Nigerians in Defence of Democratic Governance, has petitioned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), urging urgent intervention over what ...

For instance, the influx of refugees into neighbouring countries such as Mauritania, Niger, and Ivory Coast has put pressure on their already fragile economies and social systems. ECOWAS has been ...

The Economic Community of Africa State (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to fight terrorism and other transborder criminal activities in the subregion. Nigeria’s Minister of Defence ...