Press Releases
Liberia’s presidential run-off vote off to a slow, smooth start
Monrovia, Liberia 26th December 2017 . Liberia’s rescheduled presidential run-off election got off to a slow but generally peaceful start Tuesday with the Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission, Ghana’s immediate past President, John Dramani Mahama, urging Liberians to reciprocate the … Continue reading
Mahama, Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission appeals for peaceful vote in Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia 25th December 2017 . Ghana’s immediate past President John Dramani Mahama, Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Liberia, met Monday with the two candidates for the 26 December rescheduled presidential run-off, George Weah and out-going Vice President … Continue reading
GIABA trains journalists in the ECOWAS region on reporting economic and financial crimes
Saly (Senegal), 19th December 2017. The Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is equipping Journalists in the ECOWAS region with tools of tracking and professionally reporting illegal fund transfers and proceeds, emerging trends as well as … Continue reading
Final Communiqué 52nd ECOWAS Summit
ECOWAS leaders urge commitment to integration goals
Abuja, 16th December 2017. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have restated their unflinching commitment to the attainment of the integration goals of the regional Community. The leaders made this known at the opening of the … Continue reading
Côte D’ivoire succeeds Benin as President of the ECOWAS Commission for a 4-Year Term
Abuja, 17 December 2017. The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have allocated the position of president of the organisation’s Commission to Cote d’Ivoire. The decision was made known at the end … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission President Pleads For Prompt Payment Of Community Levy
Abuja, 13 December 2017. The President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza, pleads for prompt payment of Community Levy by Member States of the regional organisation. Making the appeal on Wednesday … Continue reading