Abuja, Nigeria, May 28th, 2021. Trade experts from Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECO-WAS) met virtually on the 28th May 2021 to deliberate on instruments to promote intra-regional and continental trade ahead of the ECOWAS … Continue reading →

Abuja, Nigeria, May 27, 2021. The 2021 First Ordinary Session of the Fifth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament opens to-day, May 27, 2021 in Abuja, Nigeria. The Session was declared open by his H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of … Continue reading →

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commemorates its 46th Anniversary today, May 28, 2021. Forty-Six years ago in Lagos, Nigeria, the leaders of West Africa signed the Lagos Treaty establishing ECOWAS with the aim of integrating the region … Continue reading →

Abuja, Nigeria, May 26, 2021. The government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria represented by the Minister of Police Affairs Mr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi has inaugurated the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) Data Centre in Abuja on the 26th … Continue reading →

Accra, Ghana, May 26, 2021. The two-day meeting of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise ended on 25th May 2021 in Accra with the orientation of nominees to the Council and the appointment of its leadership. Former President of Nigeria, … Continue reading →

Abuja, Nigeria May, 21st 2021. The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA) held a virtual capacity building session for the members of the Consultative Competition Committee (CCC) from 17 to 21 May 2021. This was the first of its kind since … Continue reading →

Accra, Ghana, May 21, 2021. The seventh coordination meeting of ECOWAS specialized institutions and agencies in charge of energy, presided by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Energy and Mines, Mr. Sédiko Douka, ended in Accra on 21st May 2021 with pertinent … Continue reading →