The Senate has asked its Committees on Intelligence and National Security; and that of Foreign Affairs to investigate allegations made by the military Head of State of Niger Republic, Brigadier ...

The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to leave one ...

Senate has directed its committees on Intelligence and National Security and Foreign Affairs to probe allegations by the Head of State of Niger Republic, Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani, ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The senator said that Nigeria, as Head of ECOWAS, had insisted on the restoration of constitutional democracy in Niger ...

nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

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

West Africa's ECOWAS is facing challenges after Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso left, formalizing their own alliance and weakening the bloc's influence. This marks a historic first in the bloc's 50-year ...

One or two of the three West African nations that recently withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States ...

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