Tag: ECOWAS
AU’s APSA initiative crucial to ECOWAS peace support operations — Director
Abuja, Feb. 6, 2026(NAN) Dr Cyriaque Agnekethom, Director, ECOWAS Peacekeeping and Regional Security (DPKRS), says the African Union’s (AU) African Peace and Security Architecture...
ECOWAS-AU collaboration on APSA-IV implementation strengthens child rights protection — Director
Abuja, Jan. 26, 2025(NAN)The ECOWAS Director, Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Dr Sintiki Tarfa-Ugbe, says ECOWAS collaboration with the African Union in implementing the African...
2025: Analysing ECOWAS’ year of milestones, turbulence
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), founded on May 28, 1975, clocked 50 in May, 2025.
It was a milestone deserving of popping...
Shettima arrives Guinea for President Doumbouya’s inauguration
Abuja, Jan. 16, 2026 ( NAN) Vice-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the...
Beyond Borders: Nigeria calls for ECOWAS health pact against Lassa Fever
Abidjan, Sept. 11, 2025 (NAN)Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has called for a stronger ECOWAS health pact to address Lassa fever...
ECOWAS must match words with action to defeat Lassa Fever –...
Abidjan, Sept. 8, 2025 (NAN) A renowned virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has called on West African governments to take concrete steps to defeat Lassa...
ECOWAS Lassa fever conference opens in Abidjan
Abidjan, Sept. 8, 2025(NAN) The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Lassa Fever International Conference began Monday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The four-day conference is...
ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Convene in Abuja to Strengthen Regional Security Cooperation
ABUJA, March 11 - West African Defence Chiefs gathered in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Tuesday for the 43rd Ordinary Meeting of the Economic Community...
ECOWAS bank, EIB partner to promote environmental sustainability
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), in conjunction with the European Investment Bank (EIB), has announced a €100 million financial partnership to...
ECOWAS inaugurates 2nd phase of migration project in W/Africa
The ECOWAS Commission has inaugurated the second phase of the EU-funded project “Support to Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa (FMM...
ECOWAS Court has enriched regional, global jurisprudence, says ex-President
ECOWAS Court of Justice has enhanced and enriched regional and international jurisprudence since its creation, Justice Edward Asante, the immediate past President of the community...
China applauds Nigeria’s leading role in ECOWAS sub-region
China has applauded Nigeria’s leading role in ECOWAS and its efforts toward enthroning stability in the sub-region.
This is contained in a Joint Statement between...
ECOWAS solicits media support toward achieving vision 2050
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has solicited partnership with the media and civil society organisations (CSOs) toward achieving its ‘Vision 2050...
X-raying ECOWAS parliament’s community budget reform efforts
Analysts have expressed the view that there is an urgent need to enhance the role of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West...
FG, ECOWAS support 14,694 vulnerable in Katsina, Sokoto
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, in collaboration with the ECOWAS and World Food Programme (WFP), have supported 14,694 vulnerable people...
When stakeholders convened to discuss ECOWAS rebellious members reintegration
As ECOWAS continues to navigate the complexities of regional integration, three of its member states – Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger – have already...
Japan, ECOWAS to deepen relations towards TICAD 2025
The Japanese Government and Economic Community for West Africa States (ECOWAS ) have agreed to deepen relations towards 2025 Tokyo International Conference on African...
