West Africa: ECOWAS Sets Up Working Group for Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution On Mali

An ECOWAS Working Group set up to coordinate at the Commission's level, the implementation of the UN Security Council's Resolution 2085 on Mali, met in Abuja on Tuesday, 8th… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Lauds Nigerian Armed Forces for Regional Peace

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, has commended members of the Nigerian Armed Forces for their immense… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Condoles With President Jonathan Over Fatal Chopper Crash

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has expressed his heartfelt sympathy and solidarity with President… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Statement On Mali

ECOWAS warmly welcomes the adoption by the United Nations Security Council, at its meeting on 20 December 2012, of the resolution authorizing the deployment of the African-led… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Chief Ouedraogo Discusses Regional Peace with Liberia's President Johnson-Sirleaf

The President of the ECOWAS Commission Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo was received at the Executive Mansion, Monrovia on Tuesday 18th December 2012 by Liberia's… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Moves to Improve Efficiency of Regional Youth Programme

Directors of youths affairs in ECOWAS Member States began a meeting on Monday, 17th December 2012 in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin to propose how to improve the efficiency of the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Supports Ivorian Refugees in Liberia with Humanitarian Assistance

The ECOWAS Commission on Tuesday 18th December 2012 in Monrovia, handed over 300 metric tons of rice to the Liberian Government for distribution to more than 66,800 Ivorian… Read more »

West Africa: President Ouedraogo Meets ECOWAS Ambassadors in Liberia

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, said in Monrovia on Monday 17th December 2012 that in addition to peace… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Reassures Citizens On Security, Peace and Stability

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, has assured Community citizens of the organization's determination to… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Cautions Against Protracted Dialogue On Mali

The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman says it would be "dangerous" to rely on dialogue as the sole strategy for… Read more »

West Africa: Towards the Adoption of an ECOWAS Common External Tariff

The 12th meeting of the ECOWAS-UEMOA Joint Management Committee on the Common External Tariff (ECOWAS CET) will take place in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire from 11 to 15 December 2012. Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Statement On Mali

ECOWAS has learnt today with concern the events that led to the resignation of Mr. Cheik Modibo DIARRA, Prime Minister of the transitional Government of Mali. Read more »

West Africa: Preliminary Declaration On the Elections in Ghana

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West Africa: ECOWAS and UEMOA Reiterate Committment to Collaborate Towards Regional Integration

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, and his counterpart for the West African Economic and Monetary Union, (UEMOA), Mr.… Read more »

West Africa: President Ouedraogo Congratulates Ghanaians 

The President of the ECOWAS Commission His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has commended Ghanaians for their patience, enthusiasm, as well as peaceful… Read more »

West Africa: Ghana's Electoral Process Peaceful, Transparent - ECOWAS Poll Observer Mission

The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Ghana's 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections led by Nigeria's former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Member States Achieve Impressive Macro Economic Performance in 2012

The Director of the Multilateral Surveillance of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Lassané Kaboré, has praised the economic performance achieved by most Community Member… Read more »

West Africa: Obasanjo Calls for Peaceful Elections in Ghana

As Ghanaians go to the polls on Friday to elect a President and parliamentarians, the Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission to Ghana, Nigeria's former President Chief Olusegun… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Observation Mission Engages Ghana Stakeholders Ahead of Friday Elections

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who is at the head of the 250-member ECOWAS observer mission to Ghana's 7th December 2012 presidential and legislative elections… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Poll Observers Deploy in Ghana

Members of the 250-strong ECOWAS Observation Mission for Ghana's 7th December 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections have been deployed across the country's 10… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Poll Observers in Ghana to Strengthen Democratic Governance

The 250-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission for Ghana's 7th December 2012 general elections is in the country to lend support and strengthen democratic governance in the… Read more »

West Africa: Obasanjo Commends Ghana's Democratic Tradition

Nigeria's former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, head of the 250-member ECOWAS Observation Mission for Ghana's 7th December 2012 general elections, has lauded Ghana's National… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Mission Optimistic At Successful Polls in Ghana

The head of ECOWAS' 250-member Observation Mission for Ghana's 7th December 2012 general elections, Nigeria's former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism at… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS, Venezuela Sign Anti-Malaria Agreement

ECOWAS and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic if Venezuela in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday, 1st December 2012, signed the Work Plan for the implementation of a 2009… Read more »

West Africa: Communique of the Council of Ministers On the Report of the UN Secretary General On Mali

1. The ECOWAS Council of Ministers, meeting at its 69th Ordinary Session in Abidjan from 30 November to 2 December 2012, took note of the Report of the United Nations Secretary… Read more »