ECOWAS charts new course as Sahel states assert their independence – The North Africa Post

West Africa: Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the Contingency Plan and Modalities on the Withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Republics of Mali and Niger from ECOWAS Holds in Accra

Press Release - The Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the contingency plan and modalities on the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Republics of Mali and Niger from ECOWAS holds from April 22 to 23, 2025, in Accra, Ghana.

West Africa’s Terrorism Fight May Require ECOWAS, AES Collaboration - Global Upfront Newspapers

By ADF The three nations that make up the Alliance of Sahel States are home to terror groups that threaten to spread into the coastal countries along the Gulf of Guinea. Experts say the best way to prevent the spread is to rebuild counterterrorism relationships between the alliance (AES) —...

ECOWAS Begins Relocating Key Institutions from AES States

ECOWAS has begun the process of relocating key institutions from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger after the three countries formally withdrew from the regional bloc earlier this year. The move, discussed in an extraordinary ECOWAS meeting in Ghana, signals a significant shift in the bloc’s operations and future relations with the breakaway Sahel nations. According […]

Junta: ECOWAS convenes meeting in Ghana on withdrawal of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso - TV360 Nigeria

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers has convened a meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc. The Chairman of the Council, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, made this known in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy, Alkasim Abdulkadir. Part of the statement reads, “The Extraor…

ECOWAS charts new course as Sahel states assert their independence – The North Africa Post

In a historic shift for West Africa’s political landscape, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has begun relocating key institutions from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger — nations that formally withdrew from the bloc earlier this year to form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). During an extraordinary session in Accra, ECOWAS Council […]

ECOWAS begins relocation of its offices from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso

Following the recent withdrawal of the three Sahelian nations from the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has initiated the relocation of its institutions and agencies from Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Ministers gathered at an extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday, to discuss logistical strategies for relocation and suspension of regional programmes in the three…