President Macky Sall

In Pictures: ECOWAS marks 40th anniversary

Leaders of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS gathered in Abuja, the Nigerian capital for…

Europe offers Africa $1.8b to stem migrant flow

European Union and African leaders on Thursday approved a 1.8-billion-euro action plan they hope will…

Buhari hosts ECOWAS meeting on Burkina Faso tomorrow

President Muhammadu Buhari Will host an Extraordinary Summit of theĀ Economic Community of West African States…

ECOWAS announces deal to end Burkina Faso coup crisis

*General Gilbert Diendere to get amnesty *Elections to hold on 22 November *Blaise Compaore's allies…

ECOWAS extends military mission in fragile Guinea-Bissau

West Africa's ECOWAS regional bloc has extended a security force in Guinea-Bissau into 2016 to…

Breaking: Burkina Faso talks set polls for November 2015

Burkina Faso's political parties and civil society leaders on Wednesday agreed in crisis talks that…

Jonathan, Sall, Mahama meet Zida to break Burkina impasse

Three west African leaders arrived in Burkina Faso on Wednesday to pressure the country's army…

Jonathan, Mahama, Sall head to Ouagadougou for talks with Zida

President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Ouagadougou tomorrow as a member of a three-man delegation…

Senegal appoints Dionne Prime Minister

Mohammed Dionne, a technocrat, has been appointed prime minister of Senegal by President Macky Sall.