Nearly a year ago, West Africa seemed alarmingly on the verge of war. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was threatening “military intervention”…
India to lift import tariffs for several industrial products from four-nation group in return for 15-year investment. India has signed a $100bn free trade agreement…
The West African regional bloc is lifting sanctions imposed on Niger over last year’s coup, in a new push for dialogue following a series of…
WASHINGTON — The United States and the European Union are piling new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of…
West African foreign ministers convened emergency discussions on Thursday to discuss Senegal’s political turmoil and the three coup-hit countries’ exit from the regional organization. The…
Government accused east African bloc of ‘violating’ Sudan’s sovereignty by inviting RSF chief to a summit. The government of war-ravaged Sudan says it has suspended…
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The move is the latest shift in economic and foreign policy by newly elected hard-right President Javier Milei. Argentina has announced that it will not…
After more than a decade of intense lobbying, Somalia has been admitted into the East African Community (EAC). After ratification by the Somali Federal Parliament,…
Somalia, which has been seeking to join the regional trade bloc since 2012, becomes its eight member. Somalia was admitted into the East African Community…
France will support West African bloc ECOWAS more as it works to restore democracy in a region hit by recent coups as insecurity in the…
Brussels, Belgium – After hundreds of people were killed at a Gaza hospital this week, Abdalrahim Alfarra, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the European…
Brussels, Belgium – After Hamas’s unprecedented attacks in Israel, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Bulgarian parliament were among…
Bazoum’s lawyer has asked the ECOWAS court to order Niger’s military rulers to end his ‘arbitrary arrest’ and hand power over to him. The coup-toppled…
Johannesburg, South Africa – The BRICS bloc of top emerging economies have taken a major step in expanding its reach and influence with the announcement…
Early tongues in Europe offer new information about one of history’s greatest migratory treks and climate vocabulary. By ALI JONES Painstaking archaeological exploration is a…
As ECOWAS leaders fail to meet, concerns over the deteriorating health of deposed President Bazoum mount. An emergency meeting between Wester African nations on the…
Democracy cannot be taken for granted That is, arguably, the key message from one of the EU’s key political leaders as the bloc enters into…
"When it comes to to helping working people, a lot of times your coalition it's not the typical, frankly, stale left-right," Josh Hawley told POLITICO.…
ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on Niger after last week’s cup and insists that there could be use of force within a week if deposed President…