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Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African ... Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS ...

(MENAFN) Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following months of tense relations with the regional bloc. ECOWAS ...

Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to Ecowas, which at 50 years old is considered Africa's most important regional group. The split was sparked after the three departing ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States ... withdrawal from the bloc last January after ECOWAS demanded a restoration of democratic rule in Niger following a military coup in 2023.

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS ... severed military ties with longstanding Western partners ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS ... severed military ties with ...