ECOWAS

Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup

  Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...

Mali crisis: Adhere to resolutions or  face sanctions, ECOWAS leaders warn

  The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States on Monday asked all warring factions...

ECOWAS virtual summit on Mali crisis holds July 27

  ECOWAS has called a virtual extraordinary Summit on Monday, 27 July on the crisis in Mali following inclusive talks held by five...

Peace mission to Mali: Buhari returns to Abuja without a deal

  President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Thursday from his peace mission to Mali without a truce to the country’s political crisis....

Just in: ECOWAS leaders head to Mali on peace mission

  Four ECOWAS leaders — Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger,  Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire and Nana Akufo Addo...

COVID-19: ECOWAS, WAHO donate $8m equipment, others to Nigeria

In aid of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response and fight, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Health Organisation have...

ECOWAS endorse Okonjo-Iweala for WTO DG

  The Economic Community of West African States,  ECOWAS, Monday endorsed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation...

West African nations adopt ECO as ‘single currency’

Leaders of the member states of the Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, formally agreed on Saturday to name a...

Polls: WANEP, ECOWAS, AU condemns violence, delayed arrival of materials, disenfranchisement

  The West African Network of Peacebuilding (WANEP), in partnership with the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) and African Union (AU),...

Presidential poll: ECOWAS deploys 200 election observers

the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has deployed 200 election observers across the six geopolitical zones of the country, ahead of Saturday’s presidential...

Buhari host ECOWAS president, discuss economic stability, common regional market

  President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Mr. Jean Claude Brou, met behind closed-door, Friday...

Morocco’s ECOWAS Membership Push: The New NIA DG’s Connection

The new Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, whose appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari has sparked outrage...

SERAP, pensioners seek ECOWAS Court intervention over unpaid pensions, salaries

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Federal Civil Service Pensioners Association, and Association of Retired Local Government Staff and Primary School Teachers in...