Tag: ECOWAS
One year after the coup, General Tiani takes stock
It was exactly one year ago this Friday, July 26, that the military junta of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP) took power in Niger, with…
In Mali, political figures react to the creation of the Confederation of Sahel States
The Confederation Alliance of Sahel States was officially launched on Saturday, July 6. Meeting at a summit, the transitional presidents of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim…
ECOWAS heads of state meet amid turbulent times for the organisation
This Sunday, the presidents of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The topics discussed will be numerous: the economic situation…
Junta leaders form alliances – Ecowas turns its back
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Ibrahim Traoré, leader of Burkina Faso who seized power in a military coup in September 2022. File photo. Photo: Kilaye Bationo/AP/TT The military leaders who…
ECOWAS proposes the establishment of a “standby force” to fight against terrorism
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is putting its “standby force” project back on the table to now essentially fight terrorism. Details have leaked from the meeting between…
“We cannot be in organizations that we do not control”, according to the head of Malian diplomacy
In Mali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, rejected Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Sunday June 2. The Senegalese president traveled to Mali and Burkina last weekend to convince the…
In Mali, the Senegalese president advocates dialogue between the Alliance of Sahel States and ECOWAS
The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was in Mali this Thursday, where he met with the Malian transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goïta, before going to Ouagadougou in the evening.…
the country reopens its border with Nigeria
Niger reopened its doors to Nigeria on the night of Thursday March 21 to Friday March 22, 2024. The land border between the two countries was closed following the coup…
Niger keeps its border with Benin closed
ECOWAS sanctions against Niger were lifted last Saturday during the extraordinary summit of the sub-regional organization in Abuja, Nigeria. Sanctions which were taken in the wake of the July 26…
ECOWAS entrusts Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo with the Mohamed Bazoum file
In Niger, what future for former president Mohamed Bazoum? He remains detained by the junta since the July 2023 coup that toppled him. ECOWAS, during its summit this weekend, no…