For West African juntas, CFA franc pits sovereignty against expediency
Days after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced last month they were quitting the West Africa political union ECOWAS, Burkina ...
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Nigeria’s president’s postpones visit to Senegal
Nigeria's President and ECOWAS Head, Bola Tinubu, had a scheduled meeting with President Sall for Monday. As of now, no ...
ECOWAS sends diplomatic mission to Senegal
West Africa's main economic and political bloc ECOWAS has sent a diplomatic mission to Senegal to discuss the political situation ...
Quitting Ecowas: ‘Burkina not bound by time limit’ – Transitional government
Together with Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso will leave the sub-regional organisation. The transitional government in Burkina Faso has informed ...
ECOWAS asks Senegal to reverse the presidential election delay that’s caused an uproar
Authorities in Senegal should hold the presidential election this month as scheduled instead of delaying it by 10 months, West ...
Senegal’s president Macky Sall postpones presidential election; Ecowas expresses disquiet
Senegalese President Macky Sall postponed the presidential elections due later this month in a decree announced on Saturday, citing controversies ...
Demonstrators support Mali’s ECOWAS exit, sparks regional concerns
Demonstrators flooded the streets of Bamako on Thursday, rallying in support of the Malian junta's decision to withdraw the country ...
AU declares “deep regret” over Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Ecowas exit
The African Union (AU) has declared its "deep regret" over the decision this weekend by military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali ...
Why have three coup-hit West African nations quit ECOWAS?
Several months of tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc known as ECOWAS boiled over ...
ECOWAS not under influence of foreign powers – mediator
Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister Timothy Musa Kabba has denied accusations by the junta-led regimes of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso ...
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