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 ...

The three military-led West African nations—Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—have formally withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).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

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to Ecowas ... of its 446 million people and more than half its total geographical land area. There are also concerns the withdrawal ...