Press Releases
ECOWAS to develop new Sahel strategy
Abuja, 27th February, 2019. A Committee comprising of several Directorates of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in a meeting on 26th February 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria, drafted the Terms of Reference (TOR) that would … Continue reading
STATEMENT BY ECOWAS, AU AND THE UN ON THE RELEASE OF RESULTS OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 23 FEBRUARY, 2019
The attention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) has been drawn to the rejection of the results of the presidential election of 23 February, 2019 by one of … Continue reading
Kick-off of the 26th Edition of the Pan-African film and television festival in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, 24 February 2019. Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, officially launched the 26th edition and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) on Saturday 23 February 2019, before thousands … Continue reading
Preliminary Declaration – 2019 Nigeria Presidential Elections
Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf leads ECOWAS Observation Mission for Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections
Abuja, 24th February 2019. The head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her delegation visited several polling centers in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja to observe the general … Continue reading
ECOWAS to attend the 26th edition of Fespaco in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, 22 February 2019. The President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, will attend the 26th edition and the 50th anniversary celebration of the Ouagadougou Pan African Film and Television Festival … Continue reading
Message to the People of Nigeria By H.E Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission to Nigeria)
Good people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and fellow ECOWAS citizens. Tomorrow, you will have the privilege to vote for leaders of your choice, and in doing so consolidate the country’s young democracy. The process has not been easy, … Continue reading