Press Releases
ECOWAS Parliamentarians engage in the Single Currency Creation Programme
Dakar, 7 March 2019. The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) seeks to become more involved in the region’s single currency creation programme and appropriate recent decisions on the matter issued by meetings at ministerial and … Continue reading
Members of the regional committee on the arts and culture festival meet in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, 6 March 2019. The inaugural meeting of the regional committee on West African Arts and Culture Festival (ECOFEST), held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, offered its members the opportunity to review the key areas of the project and make recommendations … Continue reading
ECOWAS holds retreat to improve Telecommunications and Information Technology in the region
Nasarawa, 5TH March 2019. The Department of Telecommunications and Information Technologies (TIT) of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commenced a three day retreat on 4th March 2019 in Goshen city, Nigeria in order to … Continue reading
Jean-Claude KASSI BROU discusses with young burkinabes on ECOWAS Areas of Intervention
Ouagadougou,3 March 2019. The President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Jean Claude Kassi Brou, met with young burkinabes on the regional organisation’s activities for the West African youth as well as economic development … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE REFUTING FALSE STATEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
PRESS RELEASE REFUTING FALSE STATEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA The ECOWAS Commission refutes the fake news being circulated on social media and wishes to state categorically that the Head of its Election Observation Mission H.E. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf did not at any … Continue reading
New ambassadors undertake to strengthen their countries’ cooperation with ECOWAS
Abuja, 28 February 2019. Four new ambassadors presented their letters of credence to the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, at the institution’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday 27 February 2019. … Continue reading
ECOWAS launches project implementation unit of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway
Abuja, February 27th, 2019. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) for the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project, on the 27th of February 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria. Essentially, the … Continue reading