ECOWAS

The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense staff brief the press on plans to deploy its standby force to the Republic of Niger, in Accra, Ghana, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
Africa

West Africa's ECOWAS rejects Niger junta's proposed three-year delay for elections

ECOWAS and other international powers have been seeking diplomatic solutions to the 26 July putsch in Niger, the seventh in West and Central Africa in three years

The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense staff brief the press on plans to deploy its standby force to the Republic of Niger, in Accra, Ghana, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
Africa

West African bloc meets Niger's ousted president, junta leader in Niamey

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger on 28 July 2023. File Photo: Reuters
Africa

Niger hit with more sanctions as junta rebuffs latest diplomatic mission

Top US official traveled to Niger and held 'difficult' talks with junta officials
World+Biz

Top US official traveled to Niger and held 'difficult' talks with junta officials

Niger's junta supporters take part in a demonstration near an air base in Niamey, Niger, August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Mahamadou Hamidou
World+Biz

Niger closes airspace as it refuses to reinstate president

Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pose during an extraordinary summit to hear reports from the recent missions to Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, following military coups in those countries, in Accra, Ghana March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
Africa

West African leaders set deadlines for 'recalcitrant' coup-hit states

Economic Community Of West African States flags are pictured during a Nigeria, Benin and Niger foreign ministers meeting on Nigeria's border closure in Abuja, Nigeria 14 November 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Africa

West African bloc says will not abandon Burkina Faso after coup