Mali's cabinet has approved a proposal in June 2025 to extend Colonel Assimi Goïta's leadership for a renewable five-year ...

Mali’s military ruler, General Assimi Goita, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, expressing a desire to deepen bilateral ties following Mali’s recent withdrawal from the ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

President Bola Tinubu, in his capacity as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is currently ...

Opinion - ECOWAS, under the stewardship of President Tinubu, helped in stabilising democracy in some West African countries in transition, leading to improved electoral and governance practices ...

Russia has for years sought to expand its influence in Africa, in particular through the rise of mercenaries sponsored by the Kremlin.

New ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio inherits a bloc grappling with jihadist violence, military coups and a shrinking circle of ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

Amandla Institute will convene a high-level reflection conference of leaders in Abuja from June 24 to 25, 2025. The event, themed ‘ECOWAS at 50: A High-Level Reflection Conference of Leaders’, is part ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep concern over the slow pace of activating the ECOWAS Standby Force and urged ...

By LINDA AKHIGBE   Only last month, on May 28, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, celebrated its 50th anniversary with huge fanfare, commemorating the event with official ...