August 20, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Urges Member States to Pay Up Community Levy
The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has appealed to Member States to pay up their outstanding Community levy before the next summit of Heads of State and Government to enable the… Read more »
August 19, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Advises Cape Verdeans On Run-Off Presidential Election
The Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission to the run off presidential elections in Cape Verde, Dr. David Adenze Kangah, has called on Cape Verdeans to sustain their "peaceful and… Read more »
August 17, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Countries Urged to Fully Implement the Free Movement Protocol
The Chairman of ECOWAS Council of Ministers and Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, on Wednesday, 17th August 2011 in Abuja, called on Member States to fully… Read more »
West Africa: Sixty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers Holds in Abuja
The Sixty-sixth Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers opens at the Commission's Secretariat Abuja on Wednesday 17th August 2011. High on the agenda of the two-day… Read more »
August 12, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Congratulates West African Youth On World Youth Day
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency James Victor Gbeho, has congratulated the youth of West Africa for their contribution to the development of the region. Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Reaffirms Commitment to Democracy
The Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS and President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has warned that the region will never allow… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Observers to Return to Cape Verde for Rerun Presidential Election
A 75-member ECOWAS Observer Mission will return to Cape Verde for the second round of the country's presidential elections. The observers are expected to be deployed in all the… Read more »
August 10, 2011
West Africa: President Jonathan to Grace the Inaugural Session of Third Legislature of ECOWAS Parliament
The Inaugural Session of the Third Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament opens on Thursday 11th August 2011 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, with the Chairman of the… Read more »
August 06, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Urges Cape Verdeans to Maintain Enviable Political Culture
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency James Victor Gbeho, has called on the Government and people of Cape Verde to uphold their enviable culture of political… Read more »
August 05, 2011
West Africa: Major Boost to West Africa Cross-Border Transport, Trade (ECOWAS)
The ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions, in collaboration with the Governments of Ghana and Togo, the World Bank's Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO), the USAID West Africa Trade… Read more »
August 04, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Deploys 80 Observers to Presidential Election in Cape Verde
An 80-member ECOWAS Observer Mission has been deployed for the 7th August 2011 presidential elections in Cape Verde. Mr. David Adenze Kangah, the Deputy Chairman of Ghana's… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Countries Urged to Harmonize Educational Programmes, Qualifications
ECOWAS Member States have been urged to harmonize the programmes and qualifications of their tertiary education systems as a major step towards regional integration and human… Read more »
August 02, 2011
West Africa: USAID, Partners Boost ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
Two pilot Border Information Centres, an initiative by the USAID West Africa Trade Hub, will be launched on Thursday, 4th August 2011 in Aflao (Ghana) and Kodzoviakopé… Read more »
August 01, 2011
West Africa: Forum Advocates Regional Policies On Trado-Medicine (ECOWAS)
A forum of forestry experts has called on the ECOWAS Commission to support Member States in the formulation of policies on traditional medicines and the development of a regional… Read more »
July 27, 2011
West Africa: President Victor Gbeho Declares War Against Malaria (ECOWAS)
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. James Victor Gbeho on Wednesday, 27th July 2011 called for a continent-wide war against malaria, to stop the mosquito-borne disease… Read more »
July 26, 2011
West Africa: Programme Managers Meet in Accra On Malaria Elimination Campaign in ECOWAS Region
Malaria Programme Managers, representatives of the West African Network for Vector Control (entomologists) and other regional actors are to meet in Accra, Ghana 27-29 July 2011 as… Read more »
West Africa: Experts to Validate Report of Study On Equivalence of Certificates in ECOWAS Region
A technical group of experts will meet in Lome, Togo, from 3rd to 6th August 2011 to validate the report of a feasibility study on the Equivalence of Certificates in West Africa.… Read more »
July 16, 2011
West Africa: West African Police Chiefs Agree Joint Security Operations (ECOWAS)
A two-day meeting of the Technical Sub-Committees of the West African Police Chiefs Committee (WAPCCO) ended on Friday, 15th July 2011 in Conakry, Guinea with participants… Read more »
July 15, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS, Germany Hold Cooperation Talks
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency James Victor Gbeho on Thursday, 14th July 2010 called for Germany's contribution to the 108-million US dollar electricity… 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 »
July 13, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Loses a Commissioner
The ECOWAS Commission has announced with deep regret the death of its pioneer Commissioner for Trade, Industry and Mines, Tourism and Free Movement of Persons and Goods, Honourable… Read more »
West Africa: West African Police Chiefs to Meet in Conakry
The Technical Sub-Committee of the West African Police Chiefs Committee (WAPCCO) will meet on 14th and 15th July 2011 in Conakry, the Guinean capital as part of continued pursuit… Read more »
July 11, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS, UN to Deepen Collaboration in Addressing Humanitarian Challenges
The United Nations is to send a technical mission to work with the ECOWAS Commission for the elaboration of a mechanism for responding to humanitarian challenges in the ECOWAS… Read more »
West Africa: Capacity Building Workshop On MDGs for ECOWAS Member States in Accra
The ECOWAS Commission, in collaboration with InWent, a capacity building institution in Germany, is organizing a training workshop in Accra, Ghana, to strengthen the capacities of… Read more »
July 08, 2011
West Africa: President Jonathan Canvasses Speedy Ratification, Domestication of African Convention On IDPs (ECOWAS)
The current ECOWAS Chairman and President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has called on ECOWAS Member States to ratify and domesticate the African Union (AU) Convention on… Read more »