A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An intervention unit was sent to the ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established in 1975 with the aim of promoting economic integration ...

The Niger State Government has rescued 21 underage children who were being transported for human trafficking from Magama ...

Before It Becomes ECO-WAS ...

Niger's ruling military junta says that an ambush by a "group of criminals" killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country's border with Burkina Faso.

The ruling military junta of Niger Republic has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, to immediately ...

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 ...

NIAMEY, Niger, Feb 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Niger's army said Wednesday that 10 soldiers died in an "ambush" in the western Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, where authorities have been battling a ...

The Niger State Government has confirmed the rescue of 21 trafficked children, with an average age of 9 years and below, from Magama Local ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.