Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

Former President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on Nigeria to take a leading role in driving Africa’s economic integration.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has Thursday inaugurated the second phase of the European ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

Russia has become a valid partner of Africa’s newest coalition, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), consisting of Burkina ...

GNA-The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has commenced a training workshop on Results-Based Management (RBM) for its staff ...

Hartzenberg stressed the importance of SADC and SACU (Southern African Customs Union) in South Africa’s regional trade, and said that South Africa’s largest African trading partners were Mozambique, ...

From Jomo Kenyatta’s non-aligned stance to William Ruto’s climate-focused diplomacy, Kenya’s foreign policy has evolved into ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) lost three of its founding members on 29 January 2025. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger comprised 16% of the bloc's population of 424 million and 7% ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...