Niger Minister of Public Health Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday that the country is free of

The official departure from the West African body on Tuesday comes after Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali last year formed their own alliance, the Confederation of Sahel States.

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey .

The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-me

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially severed ties with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), marking a

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States regional bloc, due to take effect Wednesday.

The three junta-led West African nations, who have come together to form the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) after their coups, formally left the Economic Community of West African States, after a year of diplomatic moves to avert their withdrawal.

The three Sahelian countries teamed up to form a confederation called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they exit ECOWAS Wednesday.

As Niger continues its campaign of de-colonizing its country, several monuments in the country’s capital with French monikers have been renamed. ・Several monuments in Niamey, Niger's capital, have been renamed.

ECOWAS asked its member states to still recognise the passports of the exiting countries bearing the ECOWAS logo until further notice.

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions.