The three military-led West African nations—Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—have formally withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement on Wednesday ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning ... that some 73 million people are leaving the community and that its geographical area is more than halved. The bloc has said, however ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.