September 15, 2010
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: Regional Civil Society Organizations Meet in Banjul On Youth Empowerment
A five-day capacity building workshop to discuss the implementation of the ECOWAS Youth Policy and share experiences in Youth Development and empowerment will be held from Monday,… Read more »
September 09, 2010
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 »
September 08, 2010
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 »
September 10, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Signs Agreement With Togolese Government for Hosting of Project Unit
ECOWAS has signed an agreement with the Government of Togo for the hosting of the Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU), an agency of the organization with the mandate to… Read more »
September 04, 2010
West Africa: Non-State Actors Warn Against Unequal Partnership
Representatives of the West African Civil Society and Private Sector organisations on Friday, 3rd August, 2010 advised against signing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with… Read more »
August 31, 2010
West Africa: Meeting of Stakeholders of the Research Sector on the Community Development Programme (CDP)
Sixty representatives of universities, research institutes and related institutions are meeting in Dakar, Senegal from 31st August 2010 to develop a mechanism for their involvement… Read more »
West Africa: West Africa Vows to Pursue Economic Relationships With Partners That Promotes Its Development Agenda
ECOWAS has restated its resolve to ensure that economic relationships with partners such as the ongoing negotiation of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European… Read more »
August 27, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Commission Strengthen Relations With Regional Csos
The ECOWAS Commission and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Member States have agreed to develop a systematic policy coordination framework that will help govern the operations… Read more »
September 03, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Lawmakers Commend Regional Trade Negotiators
West African legislators on Wednesday, 1st September 2010 cautioned against opening the region's market "too wide and hastily" to the European Union as a part of the concession for… Read more »
August 27, 2010
West Africa: 1,000,000 Million Euro for ECOWAS Non-State Actors
Twelve regional Non-State Actors (NSAs) in ECOWAS Member States are to be presented grants totalling one million Euros by ECOWAS and the European Union at a ceremony scheduled to… Read more »
July 30, 2010
West Africa: Single Currency And Regional Poverty Strategy Dominate Ecowas Workshops
Three scientific workshops that provided an opportunity for participants to reflect on the mechanisms for deepening West African integration and generate ideas for the… Read more »
August 25, 2010
West Africa: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Ecowas On the Environment to Be Agreed At Accra Meeting
A two- day sub-regional workshop to develop appropriate mitigation mechanisms to enable West African states address the challenges of climate change opens in Accra, Ghana on 6th… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Commission Steers Towards Common E-Health Program
The ECOWAS Commission has kicked-off a plan to develop an institutional framework that will drive the ECOWAS health care policy towards the establishment of a robust ICT-based… Read more »
August 12, 2010
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 »
August 23, 2010
West Africa: Nigerian to Host Maiden ECOWAS U-23 Games in September
Twelve of the 15 member states of ECOWAS have indicated their willingness to participate in the maiden edition of the ECOWAS under 23 games to be hosted by Nigeria from 2nd… Read more »
August 11, 2010
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 »
August 08, 2010
West Africa: UNIDO and ECOWAS Collaboration for Better Participation of ECOWAS Member States in International Trade
The Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Mr. Kandeh Yumkella visited Nigeria for five days from 31 July 2010 during which he met with… Read more »
August 02, 2010
West Africa: Ministers Approve Regional E-Governance Project
Ministers responsible for telecommunications, information and communication technology in ECOWAS Member States on Saturday, 31st July 2010 approved a $100 million regional… Read more »
August 06, 2010
West Africa: Regional Committee Adopts Nomenclature On Common Exernal Tariff
The joint meeting of the ECOWAS-UEMOA Committee for the Management of ECOWAS Common External Tariff has ended in Lome with the adoption of a Common External Tariff (CET)… Read more »
August 03, 2010
West Africa: ECOWAS Emergency Response Team Training Workshop for Managers
The ECOWAS Emergency Response Team (EERT) on Friday, 30th July 2010 concluded a five-day training programme for managers and specialists that included a simulation exercise to… Read more »
August 04, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Trade Commissioner Expresses Confidence Over Functional Common External Tariff in 2010
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Trade, Customs, Industry and Mines, Alhaji Mohammed Daramy, has expressed optimism about the prospect of having a functional Common External Tariff for… Read more »
July 27, 2010
West Africa: Stakeholders Express Concern at Prevalence of Divisive Politics in the Region
West Africa is still plagued by politics defined by the "use of ethnicity, gender, religion and other differences as instruments of politics", and would need to move in the… Read more »
July 21, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Proposes Elements for Impending Arms Trade Treaty
ECOWAS has proposed elements to be included in the Arms Trade Treaty being negotiated by United Nations Member States in order to ensure that the impending Treaty becomes an… Read more »
July 18, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Donates Grains Worth $200,000 to Niger
The ECOWAS Commission on Saturday, 17th July 2010 handed over 456 tonnes of grains valued at $200,000 to the government of Niger for distribution to the victims of the recent food… Read more »