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New Management To Take Over At Ecowas – As Dr. Omar Alieu Touray Takes Over From Jean-Claude Kassi-Brou
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There will be a change of Management at the ECOWAS Commission as the tenure of current Management led by H.E. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou comes to an end after four years. President Brou will be handing over to a new Management … Continue reading
Key finding Russian-Ukrainian crisis – Impact of the Crisis in Ukraine – ECOWAS
ECOWAS and GIZ build Capacity of Media on Trade Facilitation and Advocacy
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with GIZ, within the framework of the Trade Facilitation West Africa (TFWA) Programme, held a capacity building workshop on Trade Facilitation and Advocacy for Journalists in Lagos – Nigeria from … Continue reading
Bridging the gap between Early Warning and Early Response for a peaceful West Africa
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Accra, Ghana: July 5, 2022 The Directorate of Political Affairs (DPA) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the Conflict Prevention unit of the Mediation and Coordination of Regional Political Affairs Division, and the USAID Reacting to … Continue reading
UNDP-Africa Borderlands Center and ECOWAS to host a Partnership Dialogue on West Africa Development
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Abuja, Nigeria, June 29, 2022 – The UNDP Africa Borderlands Centre (ABC), in collaboration with ECOWAS, will host a partnership dialogue to deepen collaboration on development in West Africa. The dialogue, slated for July 4–5, will bring together participants drawn … Continue reading
President Umaro Embalo elected Chairman of ECOWAS and Omar Alieu Tou-ray appointed president of the ECOWAS Commission
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Accra, July 4, 2022 – The Sixty-First Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held on July 03, 2022, in Accra, Ghana. The Heads of State considered … Continue reading