All posts by Harouna MAYAKI
ECOWAS Ministers Meet on Illicit Drug Trafficking, Organised Crime and Drug Abuse
(Abuja, September 2, 2016) The ECOWAS ministerial conference on illicit drug trafficking, organized crime and drug abuse in West Africa is holding on the 5th of September in Abuja. The ministers are converging as part of the on-going effort at … Continue reading
ECOWAS Signs MOU with Tony Elumelu Foundation to Promote Entrepreneurship in Ecowas Region
(Abuja, 1st Sept. 2016) The ECOWAS Commission and the Tony Elumelu Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration to deepen and amplify both institutions’ efforts in supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as well as promoting … Continue reading
Heads of ECOWAS National Offices meet in Lagos to review the Implementation arrangements of the Community Strategic Framework
LAGOS, Nigeria, September 1, 2016 — The Heads of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) National Offices in Member States is holding its sixth (6th) Annual meeting on Regional Strategic Planning in Lagos from the 1st to 3rd … Continue reading
ECOWAS and China Development Bank Explore Areas of Greater Cooperation
(Abuja, 31st August 2016) ECOWAS and China Development Bank (CDB) have set a machinery in motion to explore areas of greater cooperation with a view to realizing set integration targets across specific sectors. The sectors over which broader relations … Continue reading
ECOWAS Member States Representatives Work out Means of Implementing Conflict Prevention Tenets in the Region
Abuja, 29th August 2016 Representatives of ECOWAS Member States are meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to iron out means of implementing the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF). The Framework has been put together to engender a more stable, conflict-free region where … Continue reading
President Sirleaf Acknowledges Japan’s Role at TICAD-VI High Level Event on “Africa, Towards 2063 and Beyond”
(Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, August 28, 2016): President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has acknowledged with appreciation Japan’s support to African Development and the role played by JICA in supporting compact under TICAD. According to a dispatch from Nairobi, President Sirleaf was speaking … Continue reading
ECOWAS SPCC reviews the Implementation arrangements of the Community Strategic Framework
LAGOS, Nigeria, August 29, 2016 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Strategic Planning Coordinating Committee (SPCC) is holding its eleventh (11th) meeting in Lagos from the 29th to 30th of August, 2016. The meeting which was organized with … Continue reading