Economic Community of West African States Stories

The current political landscape in Mali, and in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger where conditions are similar, is an invitation to reconsider local...

Africa's leading gold producer is shifting away from a system in which local and foreign companies with export licences can buy and export gold from a...

Their decision to withdraw was announced in January 2024, citing dissatisfaction with the bloc's increasing ties to France.

Groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaeda are committed to the establishment of these states, denouncing democratic governance.

Three countries in the insurgency-torn central Sahel region have set up their own alliance.