All posts by Harouna MAYAKI
President Sirleaf Commends Japan for Reinforcing Africa’s ownership of Development Initiatives at TICAD VI Summit
Nairobi, Kenya: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has commended the Government and people of Japan for their desire to reinforce Africa’s ownership of its development initiatives. According to a dispatch from Nairobi, Kenya, President Sirleaf made the commendation at the … Continue reading
Visit of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Marcel A. de Souza, Vice-President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), HE Hiroshi Kato.
(Nairobi, August 26, 2016) On the occasion of his participation to the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), to be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, on 27 and 28 August 2016, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, … Continue reading
University of Abuja Authorities Seek Collaboration with ECOWAS
Abuja 18th August 2016 Authorities of the University of Abuja are seeking to collaborate with ECOWAS on a number of areas of human development. Specifically, the university is also seeking to partner with ECOWAS and get needed support in areas covering … Continue reading
Ministers of Finance Recommend Regular Review of ECOWAS CET Implementation
Dakar, August 18, 2016 The Ministers of Economy and Finance of ECOWAS Member States have called on the regional organisation’s Commission to regularly assess implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (ECOWAS CET) and its impact on the Community’s economy, … Continue reading
ECOWAS-Civil Society work towards consolidating Conflict Prevention efforts
(Dakar, 17th August, 2016):ECOWAS is working beneficially with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to consolidate conflict prevention and peace building efforts in the region. Pursuant to this, the ECOWAS Commission organized a two-Day workshop which ended on the 17th of August … Continue reading
GIABA, Regional Stakeholders meet in Dakar to discuss Issues and Implications of global emerging trends in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
The ECOWAS Inter-Governmental ActionGroup against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in West Africa (GIABA) is meeting with stakeholders in Dakar from the 16th to 18th August, 2016 to discuss on the global emerging trends in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating … Continue reading
ECOWAS President Visits ERERA Headquarters
President of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel Alain de Souza, visited the offices of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA), on Thursday, 11th August 2016 in Accra, Ghana. It was President de Souza’s first visit to ERERA since he assumed … Continue reading