ECOWAS

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday assured that the Ecowas would exhaust all diplomatic options with the military junta in the Niger Republic before the last resort of military intervention He declared that the alternative of kinetic…

Former Head of State and Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger Republic, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), has assured that the political crisis in that country would be resolved diplomatically.…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has disproved claims of manipulation of external powers in its efforts to resolve the political instability in Niger Republic.  ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and…

A delegation from West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc arrived in Niger and met ousted president Mohamed Bazoum on Saturday, as they sought a peaceful rather than military solution to the country’s woes after army officers seized power in a coup.…

The coup leaders of Niger and its allies are preparing to counter possible military intervention from a regional bloc aimed at reinstating the democratic government of President Mohamed Bazoum, who was deposed in July. Burkina Faso and…

Following the failure of dialogue to resolve the crisis in the Niger Republic, Leaders of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Thursday in Abuja okayed deployment of a standby military force to dislodge the military junta that…

Leaders from the West African bloc ECOWAS will meet on Thursday for an emergency summit on the coup in Niger after the country’s military chiefs defied an ultimatum to restore the elected president. Two weeks after the coup that toppled…

Major Islamic groups in Nigeria on Wednesday met with President Bola Tinubu and got his approval. Major Islamic groups in Nigeria are to mediate in the Niger crisis to reinstate democracy as various options to war with military officers…

Visiting United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, on Wednesday, said his country backed the wide range of sanctions announced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the military junta that ousted…

Heads of government and leaders ofEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) talked tough on Sunday, threatening to forcefully reinstate the President of Niger Republic, Mohammed Bazoum if the military coup plotters refuse to…