Abuja, 21st June 2017. “The success of our efforts in addressing humanitarian concerns as a region have an important and direct impact on the overall human security outcomes of the region” said the Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. … Continue reading →

Abuja, 21st June 2017. The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the National Commission for Refugee Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) have donated food items worth USD 3,000 to refugees in … Continue reading →

About 70 public and private sector representatives from 15 Member States of ECOWAS, as well as representatives from the ECOWAS Commission, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the European Union, and the World Bank Group have converged in … Continue reading →

Abuja, June 13 2017. A strategic planning and capacity development retreat on the role of African Regional Economic Communities (RECs)s in the Implementation of the First Ten Year Action Plan of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063 has ended in … Continue reading →

ECOWAS Member States to Agree on Regional Investment Climate Scorecard to Unlock Investment in West Africa Deepening regional integration through national and regional dialogue LAGOS, Nigeria, June 13, 2017 — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the … Continue reading →

Monrovia, 7 June 2017. Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, has been elected by his West African peers to preside over the destiny of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, for a one year term, in replacement of the … Continue reading →