A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

Amid these tensions, the world witnessed other critical events: the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October 1962, bringing ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. That Western is in Ruto's sights is not in doubt and was evidenced by his party fielding a ...

On the contrary, it is characterized by its rejection of the entire idea of bloc-based relations. And many of the non-Western countries continue to maintain partnerships with the United States and ...

Russia shares an anti-Western agenda with China ... It wants to preserve the group's exclusivity, and hopes that the bloc's ability to act effectively on the world stage will increase ...

The WSJ analyzes the significance of the expansion, and whether the bloc can challenge the western-led G-7. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring ...

One expert said that reliance is a loophole in the economic sanctions on Russia and is also problematic for the Western bloc in terms of energy security. Russia holds the world’s top share in ...