The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

The ECOWAS pre-election mission has kicked off its activities in preparation for the October 2025 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire. The mission, led ...

Togo has been shaken by violent protests against cost of living and the regime by Faure Gnassingbé, who has concentrated executive power in his hands through a recent constitutional reform.

The ECOWAS Parliament has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing digital transformation in West Africa's education sector, declaring education technology and innovation as essential tools for shaping ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS, has unfolded plans to hold a regional youth conference in Saly Portudal ...

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under whose stewardship ECOWAS marked the Golden ...

Abstract Togo, a small West African nation, has long been a case study of autocratic persistence under the prolonged rule of ...

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

President Bola Tinubu last week handed over the affairs of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to his successor, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, with obvious sigh of ...

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

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 ...

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