THE Economic Community of West African States, a regional bloc consisting of 15 member countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, ...

Nigerian public affairs analyst, Joe Femi Dagunro, has criticised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for ...

In West African geopolitics, ECOWAS mdash;the Economic Community of West African States mdash;now finds itself perched on a precarious edge, caught between the weight of internal rebellion and ...

President Bola Tinubu last week handed over the affairs of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to his successor, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, with obvious sigh of ...

West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) in Abuja, leaders looked to the past for lessons, and to the future for bold reforms ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has handed over Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leadership to Sierra Leone's ...

An IMF study tests Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) across West and Central Africa, revealing stronger price convergence in ...

2000 - Mauritania, one of the founding members, withdrew from the bloc, citing a desire to focus on its membership in the Arab Maghreb Union and disagreements over ECOWAS’s proposed single currency.

Despite its dominance in regional trade, Nigeria faces structural and policy barriers that limit the full realisation of intra-ECOWAS commerce, including poor infrastructure, fragmented customs ...

Since assuming office in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has redefined Nigeria’s foreign policy, not as an elite game ...