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ECOWAS, ICRC validate plan of action for implementation of international humanitarian law in the region
Abuja, 2nd November, 2018. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have validated the ECOWAS Plan of Action on the implementation of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission restates commitment to strengthening regional customs union and infrastructure upgrade
Abuja, 2nd November 2018. The President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Jean-Claude Kassi Brou has restated the commitment of the Commission to strengthening regional Customs union and an infrastructural upgrade that can sustain … Continue reading
Regional directors-general of Customs meet on the consolidation of the ECOWAS Customs Union
Abuja, 1st November 2018. The Directors-General of Custom service of the fifteen member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have met in Abuja, Nigeria on the 1st of November 2018 in the quest to consolidate the … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission trains political parties on media and campaign strategies in participatory democracy
Abuja, 31, October 2018. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the 31st of October 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria, commenced a broad range training to enhance the capacity of Nigerian political Parties on media and … Continue reading
WANEP, ECOWAS, African Union and INEC launch EMAM project aimed at ensuring peaceful elections in Nigeria
Abuja, 30th October, 2018. The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) in collaboration with the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) of Nigeria have … Continue reading
Second meeting of the ECOWAS-UEMOA joint committee on the ECOWAS Custom Union begins
Abuja 29th October 2018. The second joint Committee meeting of the Economic Community of West African States and the West African Monetary and Economic Union (WAEMU) on management of the ECOWAS Custom Union began on the 29th of October 2018 … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission urges for technical committee to coordinate activities of the ECOWAS-EU PSS Project
Abuja, 29th October 2018. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged for the establishment of a technical committee for the coordination of activities which falls under the purview of the European Union Support Project … Continue reading