West Africa: Reducing the Gap Between Research And Development Actors

What new avenues are there to exit the problem of underdevelopment in West Africa? The region will have to provide an appropriate answer to the question as nearly 200 researchers,… Read more »

West Africa: West Africa Expects EPA With the European Union to Contribute to Regional Integration and Development

West Africa expects that the impending Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union should have a salutary effect on its economy by boosting the development of its… Read more »

West Africa: Regional Media Saddled With Responsibility for Citizen Sensitization On EPA

ECOWAS Member States would have to undertake significant fiscal reforms in order to cope with the loss of tariff revenue that will accompany the implementation of the Economic… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Agrees Road Map for Programming Under the European Union Fund

ECOWAS has finalised its road map for the proper programing of activities to benefit from the 597 million euros Regional Indicative Programme (RIP) to be funded by the European… Read more »

West Africa: Ministers to Chart Way Forward for Partenrship Negotiation With EU At Bamako Meeting

Regional ministers coordinating West Africa's negotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) for a free trade area between the two regions are… Read more »

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 »

West Africa: President of Ecowas Commission Declares the Era of Coups Over in the Region

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho declared on Tuesday, 30th March 2010 that the "era of coups is over" in West Africa following years of… Read more »