Niger's junta said Tuesday it had freed around 50 people, including ministers from the government it toppled in July 2023, in ...

Implications for global geopolitics Russia’s increasing presence in the Sahel has broader implications for global geopolitics. Russia’s influence in the Sahel reflects a broader trend of African ...

Further consolidating their breakaway from the regional economic bloc earlier in the year, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), has introduced a 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from several West African countries, ...

The military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from Nigeria ...

In recent years, the Sahel region has been shaken by a series of coups and shifts in governance that have significantly ...

Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation. On 8 ...

The Executive Secretary of the International Supreme Council for Peace Africa, Ambassador Simeon Uwah, has highlighted the ...

Niger’s military rulers have imposed a 0.5 percent tariff on ECOWAS imports, threatening N234 billion in Nigerian exports ...

The levy, which took effect last Friday, applies to all goods from ECOWAS member states entering any of the three nations, except for humanitarian aid.

Somalia offers the US full control over the airbase and port of Berbera in Somaliland The juntas in West Africa impose tariffs on imported goods from Ecowas countries - what effect will this have. Can ...

On March 27, 2025, the Ghanaian-registered fishing vessel MENGXIN 1 was subjected to an armed attack 16 nautical miles (NM) south of Accra in the Gulf of Guinea.