Weapons smuggling is the most prolific illegal ... In 2013, with political support from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), the United Nations deployed the Multidimensional ...

AES withdraws from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) due to inability to combat terrorism and French influence. ・AES campaign focuses on eradicating Western influence by ...

I saw a parade of chiefs all riding on horseback, with their followers carrying weapons and playing drums ... an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly came to an end.

The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it. The team was ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A mission by a West African regional bloc sent to Guinea-Bissau to resolve a dispute over elections there has left the country, following threats by President Umaro Sissoco ...