Regional integration resulting in greater trade among ECOWAS countries may help increase efficiency of production. Trade among developing countries, in general, is likely to have fewer efficiency ...

About 50 pan-African organizations in 20 countries, including the Thomas Sankara Center, issued a joint declaration condemning ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) sanctions ...

Parliament has urged Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to reconsider their decision and return to the regional bloc.The three Sahel countries officially left ECOWAS earlier this year, citing the ...

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) has again lamented that the withdrawal of ...

The consequences of the withdrawal of the three countries for Ecowas as a whole shouldn’t be overstated. Still, it is a telling blow to the organisation. It represents a direct questioning of ...

Air travel within West Africa remains the most expensive globally, posing a major challenge to regional integration, according to the Economic Community of West African States.This was disclosed by ...

The leaders of ECOWAS member states introduced harsh sanctions ... The TV channel did not specify in which countries increased military activities are taking place. In late July, a group of ...

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) has again lamented that the withdrawal of the three Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the ...

In December 2023, Morocco announced a trade initiative to facilitate Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger's access to the Atlantic Ocean using Moroccan ports after ECOWAS imposed trade restrictions on the the ...

President Bola Tinubu has called for sweeping reforms within the ECOWAS, stressing that the regional body must evolve to effectively ...

The meeting brings together representatives from ECOWAS member states to discuss the modalities and implications of the trio’s departure, which was officially announced in January. The Economic ...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to ECOWAS, Musa Nuhu, has lamented the challenges faced by West African countries, particularly in the communications and banking sectors. He emphasised that it should be ...