The three countries have cut military ties with France The three nations, led by military governments, accused the regional bloc of becoming a threat to member...
Coup leaders say France has dispatched troops and equipment to Senegal, Ivory Coast and Benin as ‘part of preparations for an aggression against Niger’. Niger’s military...
Move comes as thousands gather at a stadium in the capital Niamey in support of the coup-makers. The new military rulers in Niger ordered the armed...
The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following a military coup and has also told its members to avoid any action that...
Former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic. El-Rufai noted...
Yevgeny Prigozhin says mercenary group is recruiting people and ‘will fulfil the tasks that were set’. Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin posted his first video address...
Demonstrators chant slogans against former colonial power France and West African regional bloc ECOWAS after it vowed to restore ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum. Several thousand people...
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, (C), and leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet to discuss the political situation in Niger, in...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in NIger Republic. The President of the ECOWAS Commission,...
The military junta in Niger Republic has closed the country’s airspace, warning that any attempt to violate it would meet with an “energetic and immediate response”....
Chiefs of Defence Staff of the West African sub-region have commenced a crucial meeting at the Defence headquarters in Abuja over the coup in Niger Republic....
Burkina Faso and Mali have warned ECOWAS against military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, saying such a move will be considered a...
Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Sunday July 30, in Abuja called for the immediate release and reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum as the...
President Bola Tinubu has been elected as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has written to the government of the United Kingdom, appealing for leniency in the sentencing of former...
The Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso in the aftermath of a military coup, making it the third member nation to be punished...
President Bah Ndaw (centre) is reportedly being held by Malian soldiers near the capital Bamako UN chief António Guterres has demanded the immediate release of Mali’s...
AU says it will not recognize Jammeh’s presidency if he does not step aside when his mandate expires on January 19. The African Union said it...
West African states pledge to intervene militarily if Yahya Jammeh does not step down by January 19 after election loss. West African leaders will send troops...
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government (FG) to suspend forthwith, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) and ECOWAS Common External Tariffs (CET) that Nigeria...