Niger Minister of Public Health Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday that the country is free of

The official departure from the West African body on Tuesday comes after Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali last year formed their own alliance, the Confederation of Sahel States.

Thousands of people rallied on Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey .

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, takes effect on Wednesday after a year of

The three junta-led West African nations, who have come together to form the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) after their coups, formally left the Economic Community of West African States, after a year of diplomatic moves to avert their withdrawal.

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States regional bloc, due to take effect Wednesday.

The three Sahelian countries teamed up to form a confederation called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they exit ECOWAS Wednesday.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year of diplomatic tension.

As Niger continues its campaign of de-colonizing its country, several monuments in the country’s capital with French monikers have been renamed. ・Several monuments in Niamey, Niger's capital, have been renamed.