Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- 3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration of the regional ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Botswana President Duma Boko said on Thursday that the West had every reason to play a role in Africa as other global powers ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

The culmination of a yearlong process, the trio’s exit “has become effective today”, ECOWAS said. They first announced their ...