Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- 3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration of the regional ...

A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of ...