Tag: ECOWAS
Gowon urges ECOWAS leaders to lift sanctions on Mali, B’Faso, others
Gen. Yakubu Gowon, the former head of state of Nigeria, has urged the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to remove the...
Give Tinubu more time to solve challenges – Gowon
Nigerians have been urged by retired general Yakubu Gowon to give President Bola Tinubu's administration more time to address the numerous issues the nation...
Senegal’s President Macky Sall Vows to Respect Court Ruling on Election...
Dakar, February 17, 2024 - Senegalese President Macky Sall affirmed on Friday his commitment to uphold a court decision overturning the postponement of the...
Niger Junta Leader Vows Sahel Nations Won’t Rejoin ECOWAS
NIAMEY: General Abdourahamane Tchiani, head of the military junta in the Niger Republic, declared on Monday that none of the three Sahel countries, including...
Nigerian Government Renews Suspension of Flights from Niger Republic
February 6, 2024: The Federal Government has extended the suspension of commercial flights between the Niger Republic and Nigeria, as well as flights over...
ECOWAS: Is This the Beginning of The End?
Mali and Burkina Faso obviously have a lot more in common than squaring off in a game of football like they just did in...
Nigeria seeks institutional framework to address illicit financial flows in West...
Abuja, Nov. 20, 2023 (NAN) Nigeria on Monday called on the Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) to develop institutional framework...
Western Union in Mali Reactivates Money Transfer Services to and from...
BAMAKO, Mali — Western Union today announced that it has relaunched money transfer services for customers in Mali seeking to send and receive money...
COVID-19 pushes extreme poverty by 3 % in West Africa —...
Extreme poverty in West Africa rose by nearly three per cent in 2020, another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN-backed report launched on...
EU to fall in line with ECOWAS sanctions on Mali –...
EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, on Thursday said the European Union would impose sanctions on Mali in line with measures already taken by...
Mali accuses France of violating country’s airspace
The Malian authorities on Thursday said a French military aircraft violated the country’s airspace while flying from Cote d’Ivoire to Mali and back.
The government...
UN envoy laments resurgence of coups d’état in West Africa
UN envoy Annadif Saleh says resurgence of coups d’état, particularly in West Africa is often the consequence of political practices that are completely out...
Sanctions-hit Mali facing isolation as neighbors cancel flights
Airlines from neighboring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta under regional sanctions for...
Mali condemns ECOWAS sanctions against military authorities
Mali on Monday condemned sanctions imposed on the country’s military authorities by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and responded by recalling...
Competitiveness: ActionAid tasks ECOWAS parliamentarians on scaling up agricultural investment
ActionAid says ECOWAS parliamentarians must engage with governments and ensure that public investments in agriculture is urgently scaled up in quantity and quality in...
ECOWAS says harmonized competition policies key to achieving W/African common market
The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA) has said that harmonized competition policies among Member States is critical to achieving a common market place and...
ECOWAS Parliament seek President Buhari’s as advocate for direct elections of...
The ECOWAS Parliament has solicited President Buhari’s support towards the realisation of its Direct Universal Suffrage which will enable the parliament to function more...
