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The 39th Ordinary Meeting of ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council holds in Abuja
Abuja, 12th December 2017. Security issues and the creation of a more stable region dominated discussions at the 39th Ordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ministerial level which held in Abuja, Nigeria on the … Continue reading
ECOWAS, World Bank reiterate commitment towards regional integration
Abuja, 11th December 2017. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank have agreed to collaborate closely in the areas of infrastructure, transportation, energy, agriculture and food security amongst others in a bid … Continue reading
Members of the ECOWAS Standby Force pay Farewell visit to ECOWAS Commission President
Abuja, 8th December 2017. A 9-member team of the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) led by its chief of staff Colonel Major Seidou Maiga Morou on Friday 8th of December 2017 paid a farewell visit to the president Marcel de Souza … Continue reading
ECOWAS Moves To Harmonize Biosafety Regulations in West Africa
Abuja, 6th December 2017Â Â . Experts from ECOWAS Member States, the Republic of Chad, the African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) have commenced a joint technical consultative meeting in … Continue reading
ECOWAS – EU – UNODC Project Steering Coordination Committee Approves 2018 Work Plan
Abuja, 8th December 2017. The 2018 Work Plan of the implementation team of the Project Steering and Coordination Committee (PSCC) of the ECOWAS-European Union (EU) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was approved on the 7th of … Continue reading
ECOWAS Mediation And Security Council Considers Memoranda On Pertinent Regional Issues
Abuja, December 5th 2017. The 27th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the ambassadorial level, held at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria on the 5th of December 2017 to deliberate on the various memoranda, … Continue reading
ECOWAS signs two Memoranda Of Understanding with UASC and the ACP Group respectively
Abidjan, 30 November 2017. The first Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza, and the Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group … Continue reading