ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) Archives

ECOWAS: Bring The Alliance Of Sahel States Back

Global UpfrontApr 29, 2026April 29, 20260

By Hurso Adam Our region, West Africa has never been defined merely by borders drawn on maps. Long before colonial powers partitioned the continent, communities

Benin, Nigeria Unite Against Terrorism

Global UpfrontApr 4, 2026April 4, 20260

By ADF Coastal West African countries are strengthening counterterrorism partnerships after the 2025 rupture with Sahelian nations that crippled the G5 Sahel Joint Force and

U.S. Troops In Nigeria To Help Fight Terrorism Could End Up Making It Worse – Analyst

Global UpfrontMar 26, 2026March 26, 20260

By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko The recent deployment of US soldiers in Nigeria to assist the west African country in its counterterrorism campaign could worsen Nigeria’s

ECOWAS Without The Sahel States: How The Split Is Testing Free Movement And Regional Legitimacy

Global UpfrontFeb 19, 2026February 19, 20260

By Amanda Bisong, Franzisca Zanker & Leonie Felicitas Jegen New governments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso formally left the Economic Community of West African

Terrorist ‘Domino Effect’ Threatens West Africa

Global UpfrontDec 18, 2025December 18, 20250

By ADF As Sahel-based terrorist groups continue to look southward to expand their territory, resources, recruitment base and illicit trafficking, officials are urging West Africa’s

West Africa Needs Regional Solutions To Combat Escalating Sahel Security Crisis

Global UpfrontDec 15, 2025December 15, 20251

On 7 December, troops led by a special forces commander attempted to take power in Benin. The thwarted coup came less than two weeks after

ECOWAS Leaders Meet In Abuja, Opts For Preemptive Military And Diplomatic Interventions To Stop Coups

Global UpfrontDec 15, 2025December 15, 20251

The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Sunday at the 68th

West Africa’s Coup Wave And The Silence Of Giants

Global UpfrontDec 8, 2025December 8, 20250

By Halima Nuhu Sanda In the past five years, West Africa has drifted into a dangerous political landscape. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, and now

Guinea-Bissau’s Lawless President Embalo Has No Business In Office

Global UpfrontNov 28, 2025November 28, 20250

By Owei Lakemfa The military coup on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 that swept away President Umaro Sissoco Embaló did not come as a surprise. Embalo, a

Ousted Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Arrives Senegal Amid Regional Tensions

Global UpfrontNov 28, 20250

Ousted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in Senegal on Thursday on a special flight after West Africa’s ECOWAS chair intervened to secure his transfer,