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UPDATE - Germany, EU condemn coup attempt in Niger

UPDATE - Niger presidency confirms coup attempt, says President Bazoum and his family safe

Nigeria's president elected chairman of ECOWAS

West African bloc urges candidates to accept election results in Nigeria

Global economic downturn, Russia-Ukraine war pushing West Africans into hardship: Buhari

ECOWAS deplores mass expulsions of West Africans from Maghreb countries

Ivory Coast’s president calls for release of 46 troops detained in Mali in UN speech

Ivory Coast calls for emergency summit over troops held in Mali

Mali’s military leader announces 2-year transition period before polls

Mali accuses West African economic union of ignoring order to lift sanctions

Burkina Faso ex-President Roch Kabore released after over 2 months in detention

African Union heading fast towards integration despite challenges

Burkina Faso’s transitional assembly inaugurated

Mali launches consultation mechanism with African, international communities under embargo

UPDATE - West African leaders demand that Burkina Faso provide transition timetable

West African leaders hold emergency summit over Burkina Faso

UPDATE 2 - Guinea Bissau’s president says ‘many killed’ during attempted coup

Gunshots ring through Guinea-Bissau capital: Media

West African bloc suspends Burkina Faso following coup: Sources

Burkina Faso seeks help from international community to exit crisis

UPDATE 2 - Burkina Faso president calls for dialogue amid reports of detention

Mali revises its military agreements, signs new ones amid embargo

EU suspends budgetary aid to Mali

ECOWAS chairman calls omicron travel bans on Nigeria ‘unjustified’

Serious steps needed against security issue in West Africa: Regional bloc

Nigeria denies that terrorists laundered money through its financial system

ECOWAS to manufacture malaria, COVID-19 vaccines: Report

Mali to hold elections as soon as possible under ECOWAS conditions

ECOWAS tightens sanctions against transitional authorities in Guinea, Mali

UN calls on Malian authorities to respect transition charter

West African bloc decries expulsion of representative from Mali

Former Liberian president sues government over pension

Mali declares ECOWAS special representative 'persona non grata'

Ghana’s president backs calls for West African body to outlaw 3rd term mandates

Guinea military rulers react against sanctions

ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Guinea’s military junta

Envoys of West African bloc in Guinea to assess post-coup situation

West African bloc suspends Guinea following coup

UPDATE 4 - Guinean forces announce detention of president, dissolution of government

UPDATE 3 - Guinean forces announce detention of president, dissolution of government

Regional West African economic union bars Nigeria from prosecuting Twitter users

Ghana's president re-elected chairman of ECOWAS

Rights activist sues Nigerian president over Twitter ban

France calls off military cooperation with Mali as precaution

ECOWAS suspends Mali following coup

UPDATE - Malian military arrests interim president, premier: Media

UPDATE - Niger: Public voting in tense presidential polls

West Africa bloc reaffirms support for Mali