All posts by Harouna MAYAKI
ECOWAS institutes another award at Fespaco
The ECOWAS Commission is instituting the award for the Best film Producer at this year’s Pan-African Television and Film Festival (FESPACO), which opened on 28th February 2015, as a way of boosting the organization’s involvement and visibility at the popular … Continue reading
ECOWAS launches integrated management system, ECOLINK
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ECOWAS members adopt a Declaration on eradication of statelessness in West Africa
JOINT UNHCR / ECOWAS PRESS RELEASE ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 25 February 2015 Following two days of high-level consultations on 23-24 February, Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted today a Declaration on the prevention, reduction … Continue reading
Abidjan to host first Ministerial conference on statelessness in West Africa
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is in collaboration with ECOWAS and the Government of Cote d’Ivoire hosting the first Ministerial Conference on Statelessness in West Africa from 23 to 25 February 2015. Ivorian President H.E. Alassane Ouattara, … Continue reading
ECOWAS expresses solidarity with Nigeria, urges peaceful, credible elections
The ECOWAS Commission has reaffirmed its solidarity with Nigeria and called for free, fair, violence-free and credible general elections in the country this year. This was the recurring theme of the message by the Commission’s delegation led by its … Continue reading
ECOWAS member states urged to mainstream regional programmes into national development plans
ECOWAS Member States have been encouraged to integrate regional progammes and aspirations in their national development plans to facilitate the realization of the overarching objective of regional economic development and integration. “Where the political will is strong, it should be … Continue reading
Ministers commends ecowas gender equality initiatives
Senegal’s Minister of Women, Family and Child Protection, Mrs. Mariama Sarr has commended the ECOWAS Commission for its initiatives in the promotion of gender equality and sustainable development within the region. Speaking at the opening of a regional gender experts’ … Continue reading