The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed a €100 million loan agreement to promote green and inclusive growth in West Africa. The loan falls ...

The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has assured of the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to supporting youth-led initiatives tailored to establishing ECOWAS Youth ...

A delegation from the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has held discussions with the new leadership of National Food Buffer ...

Musa was asleep in the village of Dusuman in northeast Nigeria when he was awoken by a sharp burst of gunfire and Boko Haram stole his main source of livelihood -- his livestock. "They came at ...

Bishir Dauda, a Nigerian activist, has embarked on a 50-day celebration road trip across West Africa to mark the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Dauda, who ...

The levy, announced on Friday, comes as the three countries distance themselves from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It applies to all goods imported from outside the three ...

The move further strains relations between the three junta-led nations and the ECOWAS, which they withdrew from earlier this year following a series of military coups and economic sanctions.

The move ends free trade across West Africa, whose states have for decades fallen under the umbrella of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and highlights the rift between the ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a 0.5% levy on imported goods from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member nations including Nigeria. This levy, effective ...

Ghanaian authorities are sharing information with other members of west African regional bloc ECOWAS, it added. In 2022, a UN Security Council resolution co-sponsored by Ghana and Norway was ...

Efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to resolve the crisis have failed after the country’s president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, threatened to expel the mission. This ...

In line with its mandate to support Member States in strengthening their capacity to implement regional tax policies and administration, the ECOWAS Commission , through the Directorate of Customs ...