June 06, 2012
West Africa: Ministers Launch Urgent Appeal Against Aggravating Food Crisis
Ministers in charge of agriculture, regional integration and trade in West Africa have launched an urgent appeal to the international community to help mobilize financial… Read more »
June 05, 2012
West Africa: Prime Minister Urges Coordinated Solution To Recurrent Food Crises
The Prime Minister of Togo, His Excellency Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, opened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on regional food crises in Lome on Tuesday, 5th June 2012,… Read more »
April 06, 2012
West Africa: Minister Calls For Strengthening Of Food Security Mechanism In West Africa
The Prime Minister of Togo, His Excellency Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, opened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on regional food crises in Lome on Tuesday, 5th June 2012,… Read more »
March 06, 2012
West Africa: Rights Institutes Resolve To Protect West African Citizens
The Network of National Human Rights Institutes (NNHRI) in West Africa has resolved to promote and protect the rights of citizens in the ECOWAS region through proactive… Read more »
May 30, 2012
Africa: Africa and ECOWAS Week Organized By Cape Verde To Celebrate Regional Integration, Ends
The activities initiated by Cape Verde to commemorate African Union Week on 25 May and ECOWAS Day on 28 May ended on 29 May 2012, in Praia, the country’s capital, with… Read more »
West Africa: Ministers To Tackle Food Crisis in West Africa at Lome Meeting
ECOWAS Ministers in charge of agriculture, trade and regional integration and their counterparts in Chad and Mauritania are to meet in Lomé, Togo on Tuesday, 5th June… Read more »
May 29, 2012
West Africa: Cape Verde Institutes National Prize For Regional Integration Research
Cape Verde's Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Jorges Borges has announced a National Prize for the Best research work on regional integration in the ECOWAS region. Read more »
May 24, 2012
West Africa: Cape Verde Commemorates ECOWAS Day
Cape Verde authorities have organized a National Week for Regional Integration to raise awareness among the citizens on ECOWAS programmes and projects, as part of activities… Read more »
May 21, 2012
Mali: Mediation and Security Council Proposes Measures to Address Threats to the Political Process in Mali
Ministers of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) have proposed measures to address the current political developments in Mali in order to ensure the implementation of… Read more »
May 14, 2012
West Africa: Visit of Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Refugees to the ECOWAS Commission
The Federal Commissioner for Nigeria's National Commission for Refugees (NCFR), Hajiya Hadiza Kangiwa, on Monday, 23rd April, 2012 paid a courtesy call on the ECOWAS Commissioner… Read more »
May 13, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Volunteers Charged to Promote Regional Peace
The Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Toga McIntosh, has charged pioneer ECOWAS Volunteers deployed in Liberia to be worthy ambassadors by promoting the ideals of peace… Read more »
May 07, 2012
West Africa: Minister Expresses Gratitude to ECOWAS for Supporting Liberia
The induction training of pioneer ECOWAS Volunteers for Liberia kicked off in Monrovia on Monday, 7th May 2012, with the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Mr.… Read more »
May 06, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Prepares Regional Volunteers for Deployment in Liberia
The pioneer ECOWAS Volunteers made of young specialists in various fields of human endeavour are to receive a week-long induction training in Monrovia, Liberia from Monday, 7th May… Read more »
May 04, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Leaders Agree New Measures to Restore Peace to Guinea Bissau, Mali
ECOWAS leaders have threatened to reinstate targeted sanctions against those who disrupt the process for the election of a new president in Mali to replace President Amadou Toumani… Read more »
May 02, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS to Hold Second Extra-Ordinary Summit On Guinea Bissau, Mali
ECOWAS leaders are to hold a second extra-ordinary session in Dakar, Senegal on Thursday, 3rd May 2012 to synchronize regional responses to the unfolding political crises in two… Read more »
May 01, 2012
West Africa: Committee Recommends Study On Culture Contributions to Economy of ECOWAS Region
The Ad-hoc Committee monitoring the implementation of ECOWAS Regional Culture Development and Integration Programme has recommended that a study on the contributions of culture to… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Sanctions Guinea Bissau After Failed Talks
ECOWAS has imposed diplomatic, economic and financial sanctions on Guinea Bissau after talks in Banjul on 29th April 2012 between Foreign Ministers of the regional Contact Group… Read more »
April 30, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Losing Patience Over Perennial Crisis in Guinea Bissau
The Gambian President, Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, has warned that the region was "losing its patience" over the perennial political crisis in Guinea Bissau and would not allow a tiny… Read more »
April 29, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Contact Group Ministers On Guinea Bissau Meets in Banjul
Foreign Ministers of the seven-nation ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau are meeting with the country's political stakeholders on Sunday, 29th April 2012 in Banjul, The Gambia,… Read more »
April 27, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS to Send Troops to Guinea Bissau, Mali
ECOWAS leaders have authorized the immediate deployment of regional troops to Guinea Bissau and Mali as part of efforts to restore peace in the two Member States following military… Read more »
April 26, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Provides U.S.$4.5 Million Humanitarian Support to Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
ECOWAS has presented cheques totally 4.5 million US dollars to three of its Member States to enable them cope with refugee and displacement crisis caused by the rebellion in the… Read more »
April 25, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Leaders to Meet in Abidjan On Guinea Bissau, Mali Crises
ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are to meet in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday, 26th April 2012, on the political crises in Guinea Bissau and Mali. Read more »
April 18, 2012
West Africa: Media Sensitization Workshop On Small Arms, Light Weapons Control Holds in Ghana
A three-day sensitization and capacity building workshop for journalists in Ghana, opens on Thursday, 19th April 2012 at Sogakope near the country's border with Togo, as part of… Read more »
April 16, 2012
Guinea Bissau: Ecowas Delegation Due in Bissau to Impress On Immediate Return to Constitutional Rule
An ECOWAS delegation led by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, is due in Guinea Bissau on Monday, 16th April 2012 to deliver a special… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Delegation Due in Bissau to Impress On Immediate Return to Constitutional Rule
An ECOWAS delegation led by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, is due in Guinea Bissau on Monday, 16th April 2012 to deliver a special… Read more »