The ECOWAS Court of Justice will begin the hearing of the suit instituted by two Malian groups on Friday. The suit is challenging the legality of the August 18, 2020 sanction imposed on Mali shortly after the Military coup stagged against the democratic President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The statement by the media unit of the ECOWAS Court added that the suit was, on September 9, 2020, instituted by two groups, against the ECOWAS Commission and...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to ECOWAS leaders not to elongate their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja said Buhari made the appeal while presenting Nigeria’s General Statement at the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Niamey, Niger Republic on Monday. The Nigerian leader urged his colleagues to respect constitutional provisions and ensure...

Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said, on Wednesday, they plan to form a civilian transitional government that will organise fresh elections. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament late on Tuesday, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests, deeper into crisis. In a statement broadcast on state-owned television early on...