Continental integration in Africa may remain far-fetched as only five countries provide 100 per cent visa-free intra-travel access. While 28 per cent of intra-Africa travel is visa-free for Africans, ...

West Africa's ECOWAS is facing challenges after Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso left, formalizing their own alliance and weakening the bloc's influence. This marks a historic first in the bloc's 50-year ...

One or two of the three West African nations that recently withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The new Mahama administration has placed youth job creation at the heart of its governance agenda, aiming to reverse years of ...

This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...

Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation ECOWAS was formed in 1975 to “promote ...

In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré made history as the first person to receive the newly introduced AES passport, just ...

Burkina Faso’s little-known nature reserves need protection. They are a key stopover point for the 2.1 billion birds that ...