Abuja, 24th November 2017. Members of the Economic Community of West African States Standby Force (ESF) have developed key documents which will be used to assess ECOWAS decision making process for mandating a Peace Support Operation (PSO) within the context … Continue reading →

PRESS STATEMENT ECOWAS-AU-UNOWAS High Level Delegation Concluded Its Visit To Freetown (Sierra Leone) A Joint High-Level Delegation comprised of the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS), Mrs. Halima Ahmed; the … Continue reading →

Abuja, 22nd November, 2017. The ECOWAS Volunteers Programme’s Regional Coordination Council (EVP-RCC) has urged a review of the agreement signed between the ECOWAS Commission and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in order to give the Programme greater technical autonomy. The … Continue reading →

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has learned with dismay and indignation of the suicide attack perpetrated on the 21st November 2017, by a teenager, at a mosque in the town of Mubi, Adamawa Nigeria State. According to … Continue reading →

2 3rd November 2017  . The Directors-General from the fifteen Member States of ECOWAS began their meeting at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on the 23rd of November 2017 to consider the ECOWAS draft Customs Code among others. … Continue reading →

Abuja 21st November 2017. The Parliament of ECOWAS commenced its second Ordinary Session in Abuja, Nigeria on the 21st of November 2017. During the Session which will last till the 9th of December 2017, the regional parliamentarians will consider the … Continue reading →

The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has learned with dismay of the auction of African migrants as slaves in Libyan territory.   The ECOWAS Commission, strongly outraged by this inhuman and despicable practice, condemns unreservedly … Continue reading →