Pulse Nigeria on MSN3d
ECOWAS must maintain conversation with Sahelian countries - Mahama
By Salif Atojoko Ghanaian President, John Mahama, on Thursday said ECOWAS must continue to dialogue between ECOWAS, Burkina ...
The Punch Newspapers6d
ECOWAS must reinvent itself at 50
ECOWAS aims to achieve “collective self-sufficiency” for its member states by creating a single trade bloc and building a full economic and trading union. Nigeria, the biggest country in West ...
Vanguard4d
ECOWAS seeks stronger collaboration to combat drug abuse
KANO – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for increased collaboration to tackle drug abuse, emphasizing that no single nation or organization can address the issue ...
Premium Times28d
Appraising ECOWAS’ 50 years of subregional integration
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established by its founding fathers on May 28 1975 with the aim of fostering regional economic integration, mutual cooperation ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper19d
ECOWAS Activates Standby Force To Fight Terrorism, Trans-border Crimes
The Economic Community of Africa State (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to fight terrorism and other transborder criminal activities in the subregion. Nigeria’s Minister of Defence ...
Daily Post Nigeria28d
ECOWAS mission leaves Guinea-Bissau following President Embalo’s threats
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says its mediation team has left Guinea-Bissau after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo allegedly threatened to expel them amid rising political ...
Naija Gist - Latest25d
ECOWAS lawmakers demand stronger electoral reforms to safeguard democracy
Lawmakers in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament have renewed their calls for electoral reforms to strengthen democracy in the region. Speaking at the 1st ...
The Punch Newspapers3d
ECOWAS renovates drug rehabilitation centre in Kano
The handover ceremony took place on Thursday, with Principal Programme Officer of ECOWAS’s Drug Prevention and Control Division, Dr. Daniel Amankwaah, presenting the keys to Prof. Abdulrahman ...
AllAfrica on MSN17d
African Development Bank and Ecowas Commission Sign $11.78 Million Agreement to Strengthen Rice Value Chains in West Africa [announcement]
The African Development Bank and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission have signed a Protocol of Agreement for a grant of $11.78 million to strengthen regional rice ...
BBC28d
West African mission leaves Guinea-Bissau after 'president's threats'
The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it. The team was ...
Seattle Times26d
Guinea-Bissau president says he will run for a second term amid political turmoil
Meanwhile, a delegation from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS that had been sent to Guinea-Bissau in hopes of resolving the country’s political crisis departed Monday after what they said ...
The Straits Times28d
Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, bloc says
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the political and economic bloc ...