ECOWAS will scrap air taxes and cut charges from January 2026 to lower fares, boost travel, and support airlines.

The African continent, long a theatre of political experimentation and turbulence, has in recent years witnessed a dramatic resurgence of military interventions in governance. Since 2020, at least ...

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday rallied West African leaders to close ranks against fresh shocks to democracy, citing the recent coup attempt in Benin Republic and renewed instability in Guinea-Bissau ...

Exploring the sharp contrast between Ibrahim Traore vs Sankara. While Traore is charismatic, his divisive policies differ ...

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday threatened "targeted sanctions" on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau's return to ...

Analysis - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strong diplomatic relations with the Sahel, also based on the precious metal: gold. Concerned countries are: Sudan, Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad ...

Presidents and their deputies from across west Africa have met in Nigeria for a regional meeting with agenda dominated by two coup attempts ...

President Bola Tinubu is attending the 68th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and ...

ECOWAS leaders convene at a summit in Abuja to discuss the recent Benin coup attempt, regional security, and the future of ...

A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting ...