Two men close to Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

The passport, set to be available from January 29, is part of their new alliance, the Confederation of Sahel States (AES).

The departure of these three founding members from the bloc has fractured the region and is leaving the ECOWAS grouping with ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

West Africa has major gold producers like Burkina Faso, Mali, and Ghana. Togo, which borders these countries, is a key transit point for traders exporting gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, ...

Mignot stressed that the EU was not in support of ECOWAS splitting, saying that regionalism is the path to prosperity and stability. The envoy, who spoke yesterday at a media chat in Abuja, described ...

Ivory Coast will begin the defence of their Africa Cup of Nations title against Mozambique, while hosts and World Cup ...

Host nation Morocco have been drawn alongside Mali, Zambia and Comoros in the group stage of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations ...

The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations is complete, with defending champions Ivory Coast facing rivals Cameroon in Group F ...

A source who asked for anonymity said Emptech is not involved in the production of the new passport for the three Sahel ...

The Head of European Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Gautier Mignot has urged the regional body to seek a new way of managing its relationship with the countries of the Alliance of Sahel ...