The Latest Breaking News from ECOWAS

Vote counting was underway in Liberia on Wednesday, the day after a presidential run-off between football legend George Weah and ex-vice president Joseph Boakai, with the challenger taking a narrow early lead.

Three months after a military junta seized power in Niger, overthrowing democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum, the country remains increasingly isolated. Rights groups warn Niger's population of 27 million now face a multitude of crises including insecurity, poverty and loss of personal freedoms.

A common sight around west Africa is to see cattle grazing freely, even in major cities, on highways and in airports.

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said that two months after the coup in Niger, a military intervention by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS was "still on the table". He stressed that a negotiated solution remained the preferred option, but that ECOWAS…

Advisers of detained Mohamed Bazoum say French withdrawal removes coup leaders’ pretext for power grab

Mali’s ruling junta on Monday announced a delay to a presidential election scheduled for February that was aimed at returning civilian leaders to power in the jihadist-hit West African nation.

The military rulers had been demanding the exit of envoy and troops after Macron refused to recognise the July coup.

Niger's junta has scrapped a military pact with Benin, accusing its neighbour of authorising the deployment of troops on its territory for a possible military intervention by the Ecowas regional bloc. This comes as the French foreign ministry has called for the immediate release of a French official who was…

The leaders of Russia and Mali have agreed the political crisis in Niger should be resolved using diplomacy and not force. Meanwhile France has rejected accusations by Niger's coup leaders that it's planning a military intervention.