April 26, 2018
West Africa: ECOWAS Parliament Worried About Threats to Parliamentary Practice in Sierra Leone
The ECOWAS Parliament has learnt about worrying developments in the just inaugurated Parliament of Sierra Leone. Read more »
June 23, 2013
West Africa: 20 ECOWAS Volunteers Assume Duty in Sierra Leone
Twenty ECOWAS volunteers, recruited from six Member countries have arrived in Sierra Leone to boost the country's education sector. Read more »
April 15, 2013
West Africa: ECOWAS to Send 40 Volunteers to Sierra Leone
ECOWAS plans to deploy 40 volunteers to Sierra Leone to support the country’s health and education sectors. To this end, a delegation of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP)… Read more »
March 21, 2013
West Africa: ECOWAS Underscores Nexus Between Regional Development, Peace and Stability
ECOWAS cannot afford to divorce development from peace and stability as a sine qua non for Community development, given the dynamics of recurrent security challenges in the region,… Read more »
February 22, 2013
West Africa: Ecowas Hails Sierra Leone On Democracy
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has congratulated Sierra Leoneans for their commitment to democracy as… Read more »
February 24, 2013
West Africa: Ecowas Hails Sierra Leone On Democracy
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has congratulated Sierra Leoneans for their commitment to democracy as… Read more »
November 30, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Commission Congratulates President Koroma On His Re-Election
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has congratulated Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma on his… Read more »
November 20, 2012
West Africa: Preliminary Declaration of ECOWAS Observervation Mission to Elections in Sierra Leone
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November 15, 2012
West Africa: Ex-President Kuffuor Heads ECOWAS Election Observer Mission to Sierra Leone
A 150-member ECOWAS Observer Mission led by Ghana’s former President John Agyekum Kuffuor will observe Sierra Leone’s general elections set for 17th November 2012. The… Read more »
May 14, 2012
West Africa: Reintegration of Displaced Community Citizens, an ECOWAS Priority
The resettlement and reintegration of ECOWAS citizens displaced by conflicts is a priority critical to the region's overarching people-centred integration and development… Read more »
October 25, 2011
West Africa: Sierra Leone Electoral Commission Pays Courtesy Visit to ECOWAS Commission
A four-member delegation of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Sierra Leone led by its Chairperson, Dr. Christiana Thorpe on Tuesday, 25th October 2011 met with the… Read more »
July 14, 2011
West Africa: Chinese Companies to Invest in Infrastracure Development Projects (ECOWAS)
China Engineering Company Ltd (CAMCE) has agreed to invest in the development of a 150-room hotel and golf complex at Lungi to accompany the upgrade of the airport in the Sierra… Read more »
June 06, 2011
West Africa: Monitoring of the ECOWAS Mining Directive
The Ad hoc committee monitoring the implementation of the regional mining directive on Thursday, 26th May 2011 has constituted three committees that will visit Member States to… Read more »
April 05, 2011
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 »
November 15, 2010
West Africa: Miss Ghana's Shirley Nwangere Becomes New Miss Ecowas Peace Ambassador
Ghana's Miss Shirley Nwangere has won the 2010 Miss ECOWAS Peace Pageant, defeating 27 other hopeful contestants at a glittering ceremony in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.… Read more »
July 15, 2010
West Africa: Sierra Leone Hands Over Land to Ecowas for Establishment of Regional Logistics Facility
President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone formally handed over an 18-acre piece of land to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, for the… Read more »
June 09, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Delegation Concludes Visit to Sierra Leone Over Handover of Logistics Depot
A three-member ECOWAS technical committee has returned from Freetown where it finalized preparations for the hand-over of land donated by the Government of Sierra Leone to ECOWAS… 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 »
