At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...