Abstract Togo, a small West African nation, has long been a case study of autocratic persistence under the prolonged rule of ...

In addition, the network recommended a revision of ECOWAS' sanction regime, particularly in relation to the Unconstitutional Change of Governments (UCG), as a tool to promote democratic governance ...

President Bola Tinubu last week handed over the affairs of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to his successor, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, with obvious sigh of ...

The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Memounatou Ibrahima, has called for a strong legal framework for Artificial ...

Mvemba Phezo Dizolele: So what is the role... In this case, countries signed the treaty to be members, in this case, the three countries, actually founding members, whether from nine- in 1975 when ...

The ECOWAS Charter requires a one-year period before a notice of withdrawal of membership can become effective. However, while not being unaware of that requirement, ...

AES was formed on September 16, 2023, through the Liptako-Gourma Charter, ... Beyond politics, ECOWAS has facilitated trade liberalization, investment flows, and infrastructure development.

The applicant argued that his detention amounted to a gross violation of his rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other international treaties to which Nigeria is a ...

John Mahama has described the recent wave of military coups in West Africa as not just a threat to democracy but an “economic emergency”.