Nevertheless, at an ECOWAS summit in December ... of Niger to reinstate democratic rule following the coup there in 2023, even though plans for the intervention were ultimately abandoned due ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

The ongoing ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit focuses on the political ... September 2022; and Niger, July 2023, all experienced military coups and were sanctioned by the ECOWAS Authority, a step ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

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

DAKAR (Senegal), Jan 29 (Bernama-dpa) – The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are officially leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after 50 years, ...

according to the statement of an ECOWAS summit called over the current situation in Niger. "We suspend all commercial operation with Niger," the Al-Jazeera television channel cited the document.

The 2023 coup in Niger sparked the rupture. ECOWAS threatened to intervene militarily to reinstate the deposed president and imposed heavy economic sanctions on Niamey, which have now been lifted.

According to AFP, participants in the summit decided to extend the sanctions for an indefinite period NAIROBI, December 10. /TASS/. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ...

ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray, Senegalese President Basirou Diomaye Faye and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar arrive for the ECOWAS Summit, in Abuja, Nigeria, Dec 15, 2024 (AP ...

Nevertheless, at an ECOWAS summit in December, the bloc declared that it would extend a six-month grace period, during which Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will be allowed to rejoin the group if ...