The contractor for the new passport has not been announced yet, but Biometric Update has been informed by a source that ...

When residents of Niger's capital, Niamey, gathered to protest the coup that ousted President Mohammed Bazoum. [Niger Presidential Office, Facebook] Since the army-backed ouster late last month of ...

Contrary to a 10- point transition road map, jointly signed with ECOWAS, Guinea’s military leader, General Mamady Doumbouya, ...

Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara (right) and Ecowas head Omar Touray discussed possible military responses to the Niger coup West African nations have approved armed intervention in Niger "as ...

Before now, the three countries were suspended from ECOWAS, with Niger and Mali facing heavy sanctions following the military take-over of power that took place in Mali (2020 and 2021) Burkina ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger collectively declared their withdrawal from the 15-nation ECOWAS, alleging that it undermines ...

RABAT, August 11. /TASS/. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) needs the support of the UN Security Council to consider military intervention in Niger, where a military mutiny ...

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States met to address a political crisis in the coup-hit region that deepened in January with military-ruled Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali's ...

A peace-building think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro), has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on how to prevent the permanent breakaway of Niger ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are set to introduce new biometric passports as they withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to form a Sahel alliance. The initiative aims to ...