Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are still members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union — meaning trade and free movement of goods should continue among its eight-nation members.

On February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU), which includes 55 countries and over 1.5 billion citizens, elected Mahmoud Ali ...

The landscape of West African rugby took a monumental step forward with the official inauguration of the Union of African Rugby Federations of West Africa (UFOAR) in Abidjan. The historic event ...

West African Boxing Union cruiserweight champion Faruq Abubakar is set for his second international bout as he prepares to ...

The Ecozone was a top priority at 2023 ECOWAS summit. But the common currency, set to come into effect in 2027, faces a major ...

Moreover, eight ECOWAS countries, largely francophone, are already members of a currency union—Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. These members of the ...

While in this era, devastating conflicts have been witnessed between countries from the same subregion, war among West ...

The President of Ghana's Football Association, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has been voted to the powerful Executive Council of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A mission by a West African regional bloc sent to Guinea-Bissau to resolve a dispute over elections there has left the country, following threats by President Umaro Sissoco ...

Nigeria's Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has been elected as the Chairman of the Monetary and Financial Affairs Committee of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) with ...