West Africa: Citizens' Participation Crucial to Success of Regional Integration, Says ECOWAS

Citizens' sensitization and participation in the design and execution of ECOWAS programmes are critical to the success of regional integration efforts, the Vice-President of the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Code of Conduct On Humanitarian Action in the Pipeline

ECOWAS is in the process of designing a rights-based Code of Conduct for Humanitarian Action (ECCHA) for civilian humanitarian actors, the Director of Humanitarian and Social… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Seeks Consensus on Stabilization Force in Mali

The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council has recommended the immediate imposition of punitive and targeted sanctions on individuals and groups found to be obstructing the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Member States Urged to Revolutionize Crime Control

The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman on Friday 14th September 2012 in Abidjan, urged Member States to modify their… Read more »

West Africa: Extra-Ordinary Meeting of ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council Holds in Abidjan

An extra-ordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, comprising Ministers in charge of Foreign Affairs and Defence in Member States, will take place on Monday,… Read more »

West Africa: Ministers Solicit Improved Service Conditions for Security Operatives in the ECOWAS Region

Ministers in charge of security services in ECOWAS Member States have called on the relevant authorities to improve the salaries, living and working conditions of internal security… Read more »

West Africa: Ministers Solicit Improved Service Conditions for Security Operativesin the Ecowas Region

Ministers in charge of security services in ECOWAS Member States have called on the relevant authorities to improve the salaries, living and working conditions of internal security… Read more »

West Africa: Emergency Meeting of Ecowas Defence Chiefs Ends in Abidjan

The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) ended its two-day emergency meeting on 15th September 2012 in Abidjan, reiterating some of the proposals from its two… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Calls On Member States to Ratify Regional Convention Against proliferation of Small Arms

ECOWAS Member States yet to ratify the 2006 Regional Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons have been urged to do so as a demonstration of their collective determination to rid… Read more »

West Africa: Legal Experts Discuss Alignment of Regional Business Law Instruments

Legal experts in business law from West Africa have ended a week-long workshop in Cotonou, Benin Republic on the process of examining the compatibility of 15 ECOWAS draft legal… Read more »

West Africa: Minister Calls for Pooling of Resources to Beat Organized Crimes in West Africa

Cote d'Ivoire's Interior Minister Honourable Hamed Bakayoko has called for the pooling of resources by ECOWAS Member States and closer cooperation by their security agencies to… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Urges Law Enforcement Agencies in West Africa to Close Ranks

Law enforcement agencies and operatives in West Africa should close ranks and upgrade their knowledge and tools in order to counter the sophistication of criminals and the rising… Read more »

West Africa: Finalisation of Work On Tax Reforms With a View to Signing an Economic Partnership Agreement

Tax experts began a two-day meeting in Abuja on the 11th of September 2012 to finalize work on tax reforms to be implemented by ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania preparatory to… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Defence Chiefs to Hold Extra-Ordinary Session On Mali in Abidjan

West Africa's defence chiefs will meet in extraordinary session in Abidjan from 14th September 2012 to finalize the road map for the deployment of the ECOWAS Mission in Mali… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Ministers, Police and Security Chiefs Meet in Abidjan

Ministers in charge of Security in ECOWAS Member States are to meet on Saturday, 15th September 2012 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire to review the security situation and make… Read more »

West Africa: President Sirleaf Warns of Grave Security Situation Along Border Between Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia has warned that the unstable security situation along the country's border with neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire was "grave" and could threaten… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS, USAID to Strengthen Cooperation

ECOWAS and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have agreed to deepen cooperation in their core areas of engagement - health care delivery, trade, agricultural… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Lauds Development Parners for Supporting Regional Integration

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has commended development partners for their sustained support towards the… Read more »

West Africa: Experts Agree Structure for Regional Coherence in Fisheries Policy

Fishery experts ended a week-long meeting in Cotonou, Benin on Friday, 31st August 2012, with the validation of the composition and mechanisms of the Regional and National… Read more »

West Africa: President Jonathan Commends ECOWAS Mediation Team On Niger

Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has commended the ECOWAS Mediation Team led by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar for the "exceptional diligence"… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Urges Policy Harmonization for Fisheries Development

The ECOWAS Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, Dr. Marc Atouga, has called on Member States to harmonize their policies and efforts in the fisheries… Read more »

West Africa: Fisheries Experts to Develop Mechanisms for Coherent Management of Fisheries Resources At Cotonou Meeting

Fisheries experts are meeting in Cotonou, Benin Republic from 27th August 2012 to articulate a regional framework for the integrated, coherent and efficient management of West… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS, Partners Evaluate Refugee Integration and Resettlement Projects in Guinea

An ECOWAS delegation has concluded a nine-day mission to Guinea along with officials from the African Development Bank (ADB) and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Statement On the Formation of Government of National Unity in Mali

The ECOWAS Commission has taken note of the formation, yesterday, of the Transitional Government of National Unity in Mali, a development that is in line with the Decisions of the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff Make New Proposals for Resolution of Mali Crisis

The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) ended its emergency meeting in Bamako, on 14th August 2012, with new proposals for the resolution of the crisis in Mali,… Read more »