The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- 3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration of the regional ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — 3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration of the regional bloc.

Widely seen as West Africa's leading political and regional ... It has struggled in recent years to reverse coups in the region where citizens have complained of not benefitting from rich natural ...

Third, West Africa’s quest to move beyond France ... which are now either replaced by Russian mercenaries or engulfed in a military coup, making French influence impossible.

Following military coups in all three nations in recent years ... the juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly 50-year-old regional bloc ...

Outtara’s announcement on Tuesday follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France’s militaries are being asked to leave. Analysts have described the requests for French troops ...

Its authoritarian leader President Teodoro Obiang, 82, has ruled the tiny, oil-rich country for 45 years following a coup in 1979. Outside West and Central Africa, Russia is bolstering its presenc ...