May 20, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Steps Up Preparations for Emergency Response in West Africa
A four-day ECOWAS Emergency Management Training Workshop opened in Lome on Tuesday, 18th May 2010 with a call to participants to be committed and ready for deployment on… Read more »
May 13, 2010
West Africa: Turning Sports Into an Instrument for Human Development And Integration Within the Ecowas Region
"Sports or sports activities should not in any way be sources of troubles leading to the violence seen in the stadia but instead important instruments for social life, sources of… Read more »
May 11, 2010
West Africa: Regional Civil Society Organizations Meet in Abuja for Ecowas Community Development Programme
Some 120 representatives of Civil Society Organizations of West Africa (CSOs) will participate in a two-day workshop from Thursday, 13th May 2010 in Abuja to elaborate a regional… Read more »
April 13, 2010
West Africa: 27th Ordinary Session of the Committee of Ecowas Chiefs of Defence Staff
The security within the ECOWAS region, the intra-community movement of small arms and light weapons as well as the constitution of the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) were among the… Read more »
May 06, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Condoles Nation Over Death of President Umar Musa
The ECOWAS Commission has received with a profound sense of shock and sadness, the death of President Musa Yar'Adua, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic… Read more »
May 04, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Commissioner Calls for Reappraisal of Ongoing Negotiations With the European Union
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Trade, Customs, Industry and Free Movement of Persons, Alhaji Mohamed Darami on Monday, 3rd May 2010 called for an appraisal of the ongoing negotiations… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Defends Its Insistence On Substantial European Union Contribution to Regional Development Fund
ECOWAS has vigorously defended its insistence on substantial European Union (EU) contribution to a comprehensive regional programme to develop West Africa's infrastructure and help… Read more »
March 12, 2010
West Africa: Ambassador Victor Gbeho, New President of Ecowas Commission, Assumes Duty
The new President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho on Friday, 12th March 2010 assumed duty at the Commission's headquarters in Abuja, three weeks after his… Read more »