West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

As such, there is little time to waste. Efforts must be made to bridge the divides between the ECOWAS and AES states so that ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has cautioned against the spread of fake news, disowning a group falsely claiming to represent the organisation in a widely circulated ...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has increased. A new report offers strategies to counter Russian influence.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reinforced its commitment to tackling the pressing security, economic, and political challenges threatening the bloc's unity and progress.

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West African nation’s ...

But the security implications of the fracturing of ECOWAS as a regional bloc are also important to consider, as West Africa faces an array of challenges that are increasingly affecting what are ...