Economic Community of West African States Archives

ECOWAS announced a timeline for its three departing members

Emmanuel Balogun - December 23, 2024

Why Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger plan to exit the African bloc – and what happens now.

Kim Yi Dionne and John Sides - April 16, 2024

Meet our six new fellows.

Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne - December 29, 2022

The TMC 2022 roundups: African politics

Kim Yi Dionne - December 12, 2022

ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, engages in more than just economic activities. How will it implement the new initiative?

Aoife McCullough - October 28, 2022

Russian propaganda has a wide reach. Here’s what else is boosting pro-Russian sentiment.

Madeline Fleishman and Jori Breslawski - October 14, 2022

Afrobarometer polls show strong support for the regional economic bloc. But protesters in Burkina Faso pushed back against ECOWAS diplomacy efforts.

Erica De Bruin and Maggie Dwyer - February 25, 2022

To maintain power, military leaders are likely to turn to elections

Boniface Dulani - November 4, 2021

The third in Afrobarometer’s special democracy summit series on Africa.

Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Carolyn Logan, and Aliou Barry - September 12, 2021

Many Guineans felt their country was heading the wrong direction, Afrobarometer surveys show

Emmanuel Balogun and Aarie Glas - July 13, 2021

Here’s why ASEAN and ECOWAS stumbled after recent coups in Mali and Myanmar.