Tuggar said although the three countries have exited ECOWAS, Nigeria and other member countries would continue relating with ...

Foreign Minister Tuggar has said ECOWAS’ door remains open to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s eventual return.

Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali's army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers.

BAMAKO, Mali — Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali , civil society and military ...

Member of Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr. Zainab Gimba, has blamed the rising spate of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel on ...

Yakubu Gowon, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, have expressed optimism that Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso will return to the fold of the Economic Community of West ...

Niger, alongside Burkina Faso and Mali, have all drawn closer to Russia at the expense of former colonial power France and the west. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have introduced new mining codes ...

Mali and Niger from the ECOWAS bloc. MP Gimba, from Nigeria, warned that if this threat is not halted, the entire region could be a cesspool of death and destruction, even as she called for more ...

Gen. Gowon expressed sadness over the exit of three member-states of the bloc – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, following sanctions by ECOWAS leaders after military coups in the affected countries.