Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

(See figure 1.) Several factors put the coastal West African countries at risk of political volatility, intercommunal and criminal violence, and armed conflict. Political leaders in coastal West ...

Nairobi — Armed groups and government forces in West Africa have committed atrocities ... accountability for abuses committed in the armed conflicts involving Islamist armed groups in the ...

West Africa is making impressive progress in economic growth, democratization and regional cooperation. While the recent rise in violence and conflict as well as drug trafficking, piracy, extremism ...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that almost 50 millions people are currently suffering ...

T he futures of an estimated 2.8 million children in West and Central Africa are in jeopardy due to conflicts. The situation ...

With conflicts, or rather real wars ... messages and speeches used to mobilize young people against Paris and the West. As elsewhere, this headlong rush by leaders is politically favorable ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Despite its rich natural resources, West Africa faces “governance poverty,” where weak governance, political instability, corruption, and exploitation of resources fuel ongoing conflict.

Armed groups and government forces in West Africa have committed atrocities with impunity in ... There has been no accountability for abuses committed in the armed conflicts involving Islamist armed ...