West Africa: ECOWAS Mediation, Security Council to Meet in Abidjan On Mali, Guinea-Bissau

Ministers of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council will meet in Abidjan on Thursday, 12th April 2012 to review proposals for resolving the political crises in Mali and Guinea… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Observation Mission Says Bissau Presidential Election Was Transparent

The 80-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission says the 18th March 2012 presidential election in Guinea Bissau was "conducted under acceptable conditions of freedom and… Read more »

West Africa: General Salou Djibo Addresses ECOWAS Observers in Bissau

The Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission and former Interim President of Niger, General Salou Djibo, met with other members of the Mission on 16th March 2012 in Bissau to brief… Read more »

West Africa: Gen. Salou Djibo to Head ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Guinea Bissau

The ECOWAS Commission has named Niger's former Interim President, Gen. Salou Djibo, as the head of its 80-member Observation Mission to the 18th March 2012 presidential election in… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Statement On the Passing Away of President Bacai Sanha

The ECOWAS Commission has learnt with regret and deep sorrow of the passing away in Paris, France, of Malam Bacai Sanha, President of Guinea Bissau, on Monday, 9 January 2012. Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Statement On Guinea Bissau

The ECOWAS Commission has learnt with dismay and utter disappointment the attempts by a section of the Armed Forces of Guinea Bissau to destabilize the political situation in the… Read more »

West Africa: 4th Edition of ECOWAS Traditional Wrestling Competition Opens 9th June in Dakar

The 4th Edition of the ECOWAS Traditional Wresting Tournament opens on Thursday 9th June in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, with 65 wrestlers from 13 of the 15 Member States… Read more »

West Africa: Guinea Bissau Identifies Priority Areas

The newly constituted National Coordinating Council (NCC) of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) for Guinea Bissau has identified the education and health sectors as priority… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Approve 63 Million U.S.$ to Support Security Sector Reforms in Bissau

ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have approved the provision of some 63 million US dollar to Guinea Bissau as part of the organization's contribution to the implementation of… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Commission to Establish National Coordinating Council in Guinea Bissau

The Ecowas Commission will hold consultative sessions with officials of Guinea Bissau from Monday, 7th March 2011 to select members of the National Coordinating Council for the… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Council of Ministers Approves Proposals for Financing of Emergency Power Supply Programme for Guinea Bissau

The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has endorsed a proposal for a co-financing arrangement with the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA) for the development of an… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Heads of State to Hold Extra-Ordinary Summit in Abuja

ECOWAS Heads of State and Government will meet in an extra-ordinary session on Friday, 17th September 2010 to consider the critical political and security situation in Guinea… Read more »

West Africa: Significant Recommendations for Speedy Resolution of Crisis in Guinea-Bissau

The Committee of ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff and a restricted Group of Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) have recommended an… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions Sign U.S. $10 Million Agreement with Guinea Bissau

ECOWAS and the West African economic and monetary union (UEMOA) commissions have signed an agreement with the government of Guinea Bissau for a $10 million dollar facility for the… Read more »

West Africa: Delegation of Chiefs of Defence Staff Conclude Fact Finding Visit to Guinea Bissau

A delegation of the committee of ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff has concluded a fact-finding mission to Guinea Bissau during which they revisited the events of 1st April 2010 when… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Military Chiefs in Guinea Bissau On Fact-Finding Mission

A four-member delegation of ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff arrived in Guinea Bissau on Monday, 3rd May 2010 on a fact-finding mission related to the 1st April 2010 incident by a… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas And African Union Condemn Events in Bissau

The President of ECOWAS Commission, H.E. James Victor Gbeho, and H.E. Jean Ping, the President of African Union Commission have condemned in no uncertain terms the attempted… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Puts Guinea Bissau Military On Guard

ECOWAS has learnt with dismay and serious concern about reports of on-going attempts at destabilisation by a section of the military in Guinea Bissau and wishes to condemn them in… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Warns Military

ECOWAS has learnt with dismay and serious concern about reports of on-going attempts at destabilization by a section of the military in Guinea Bissau and wishes to condemn them in… Read more »