All posts by Harouna MAYAKI
Ivorian Jean-Claude BROU takes over from Beninois Marcel De Souza at the helm of the ECOWAS Commission
Abuja, 1st March 2018. Having served for almost two years as President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza handed over to his successor Jean-Claude Brou, on Thursday 1 March 2018 in … Continue reading
Review of the transitional mandate by Marcel de Souza
Sierra Leone’s judiciary to expedite cases ahead march 7 polls
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1st March 2018. The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Justice Abdulai Hamid Charm has given an assurance that the Supreme Court will expedite action on three cases before it including the alleged dual citizenship of two of … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission President flags off mini solar plant
Abuja, 28th February 2018. As a befitting legacy for ECOWAS, the President of the ECOWAS Commission Mr. Marcel de Souza on the 28th of February 2018, flagged off a 20 KVA mini solar power plant at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja, … Continue reading
President Koroma receives head of ECOWAS observation mission, promises successful transition
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 28 February 2018. Outgoing Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 28 February, at the Presidential Lodge in Freetown received Prof. Amos Sawyer, Head of the 55-member ECOWAS Observation Mission and renewed his government’s commitment to … Continue reading
ECOWAS moves to empower women from rural communities in the region through business incubator centres
Tenkodogo, 26th February 2018. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken further steps to empower women and promote gender equality in the region, especially in its rural areas through the Business Incubator for African Women Entrepreneurs (BIAWE), … Continue reading
ECOWAS’ tribute to the late Burkinabe filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo
Africa in general and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in particular, has just lost one of its greatest filmmakers. Idrissa Ouedraogo, a filmmaker of Burkinabe nationality, passed away on Sunday, 18 February 2018 in Ouagadougou at the … Continue reading