West Africa: ECOWAS Leaders Call for Run-Off Election in Guinea

At its Extraordinary Session held on 17 September 2010 in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government expressed concern with the… Read more »

West Africa: Ambassador Gbeho Commends Miss Ecowas 2009

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho on Monday, 13th September, 2010 commended Miss Joy Obasi, the 2009 ECOWAS Ambassador of Peace for her interest… 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: 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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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: 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 »

West Africa: ECOWAS to Empower ROPPA

Officials of the ECOWAS Commission on Tuesday, 10th August 2010 met with representatives of the Network of Farmers and Agricultural Producers' Organisation of West Africa (ROPPA)… 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: 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »