The ECOWAS Charter requires a one-year period before a notice of withdrawal of membership can become effective. However, while not being unaware of that requirement, the three AES countries stated ...

Guinea’s military junta is dragging its feet on the transition to democracy. In charge since September 2021, the military has repeatedly delayed plans to hand over power. Now it’s missed yet another ...

"In itself, the creation of the Sahel States Alliance through the Liptako Gourma Charter presaged a weakening of Ecowas and the tacit disappearance of the G5 Sahel, which was a key player in the ...

The West Africa Democracy Solidarity (WADEMOS) Network has appealed to ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahelian States, to enhance negotiations and dialogue in the interest of regional co-operation, peace ...

His candidacy has received strong support, including an endorsement from ECOWAS, positioning him as ... working to mainstream the African Charter on Democracy and Elections into school curricula.

Another suit was filed at the ECOWAS Court in 2018, and in a 2020 judgment, the court ordered the Nigerian Government to repeal or amend section 24 of the 2015 Act. This judgment was not obeyed by ...

"In itself, the creation of the Sahel States Alliance through the Liptako Gourma Charter presaged a weakening of Ecowas and the tacit disappearance of the G5 Sahel, which was a key player in the fight ...

Nigeria being a signatory to the African Charter and the Protocols of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights as well as the Ecowas Court of Justice to which it is bound by its decisions ...

On 16 September 2023, these three countries signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, forming the Alliance of Sahel States ... by the pro-Western Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after the ...

She was a leading member of CSOs that advocated for the adoption of the Additional Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women ... and Access to Information in Africa. She was the ECOWAS ...

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...