ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. The military governments of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have withdrawn from the Economic Community of ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

Before relations broke down, 80 percent of Niger's freight passed through Benin's port of Cotonou, the closest to the capital Niamey. Togo was also an important point of access to the sea. Despite ...