1 day ago · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.. The previously announced withdrawal, which marks the culmination of a yearlong process during which the group tried to avert an unprecedented disintegration, “has become effective today,” ECOWAS said in a statement.

2 days ago · In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. ... Prior to Wednesday's shake-up, the bloc had 15 members, including states like Nigeria ...

1 day ago · ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries in tackling some of the region’s ...

Free movement, social and Humanitarian Affairs, Infrastructure and Digitalization Economic Affairs, Free Movement and Agriculture. ECOWAS was established on 28th May 1975 through the Lagos Treaty and has 15 Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra

1 day ago · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

1 day ago · ABUJA, Nigeria -- The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday, the culmination ...

Considered one of the pillar regional blocs of the continent-wide African Economic Community (AEC), the stated goal of ECOWAS is to achieve "collective self-sufficiency " for its member states by creating a single large trade bloc by building a full economic and trading union.

1 day ago · The alliance, the Economic Community of West African States, offers its members visa-free travel, favorable trade tariffs and access to a $702 billion market for the region’s 400 million people ...

1 day ago · 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. 27 ...

Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria, July 7, 2024. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded in 1975...