Press Releases
Final Communiqué Extraordinary ECOWAS Summit in Addis Ababa – 27 January 2018
ECOWAS and National Commission on Small Arms Hold Annual meeting in Abuja
A buja, 26th January 2018. The Government of Nigeria has set up a committee to transform the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) to the prescribed National Commission (NATCOM). This was revealed by the PRESCOM chairman Ambassador … Continue reading
Dakar will host from January 29th to February 1st, 2018 The first Regional Forum on the ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure
Abuja, Nigeria, January 26, 2018 – The ECOWAS Commission organizes in Dakar, under the patronage of Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, the 1st edition of ECOQUAF, a Regional Forum dedicated to its Quality Infrastructure. Under the … Continue reading
Experts, CSOs validate ECPF Plans of action
Abuja 25th January 2018 . Experts and representatives of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have validated the 2018-2020 ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) Plans of Action. At the end of their two-Day validation Workshop on the 23rd of January 2018, … Continue reading
ECOWAS and Nigeria to spearhead renewed efforts at tackling problems associated with transhumance
Abuja 16th January 2018 . ECOWAS and the Government of Nigeria are spearheading the renewed efforts aimed at tackling the problems associated with transhumance and its attendant security concerns. Conferring with the Nigerian Minister of Interior, General Abdurahman Danbazou (Rtd) … Continue reading
ECOWAS observation mission satisfied with liberian election, calls for calm
Monrovia, Liberia 27th December 2017. The former President John Mahama-led ECOWAS Observation Mission has described Liberia’s 26 December presidential run-off vote as peaceful and satisfactory with the process up to the counting of ballots transparent and credible. In its four-page … Continue reading
Liberia 2017 – Run-Off Presidential Election
Liberia 2017 – Run-Off Presidential Election PRELIMINARY DECLARATION INTRODUCTION  It will be recalled that the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) candidate, George Manneh Weah, and the Unity Party (UP) candidate, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, emerged first and second respectively during the … Continue reading