Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

The member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will convene in Ghana on Tuesday to deliberate on ...

It is the smallest country on mainland Africa, with a narrow, elongated shape that follows the Gambia River, which flows ...

Interview - "Nigerians do not appreciate the level of respect and the leadership role that is placed on us on the global stage." ...

Christians in Nigeria face ongoing Islamist violence this Easter. One expert is urging the U.S. to label Nigeria a "country ...

But in CAR, where it is led by Prigozhin’s former right-hand man, Dmitri Sytyi, it is still known as Wagner – and its forces ...

A West African country, embroiled in a brutal civil war until 2003, has the smallest army on the entire continent as it plots a route to continued peace. Liberia, one of the only African states to ...

A dramatic decline in cocoa production owing to bad weather and disease in West Africa caused prices to skyrocket, putting ...

A scheme is offering female prisoners in West Africa an opportunity to earn a football coaching badge which could help them ...

West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over a row between Algeria and its southern neighbour Mali. On Monday, the two countries closed their airspace to each others ...

A leading Chinese industry association has warned the country risks becoming too dependent on raw materials from individual nations in Africa, as the continent becomes a battleground in an ...

Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media. Facebook posts ...