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Key stakeholders work together to tackle food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria, 14 December 2016 The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) gathered from 12-14 December 2016 in Abuja at the 32nd RPCA Annual Meeting. Â Held under the political leadership of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States … Continue reading
ECOWAS Authority Chair, President Sirleaf Comments on ECOWAS Mediation Intervention in The Gambia
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA EXECUTIVE MANSION MONROVIA, LIBERIA Office of the Press Secretary to the President Monrovia, Liberia -Wednesday, December 14, 2016: The Chairperson of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has commented on … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission assists People internally displaced due to Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri
Maiduguri, 11 December 2016 The ECOWAS Commission President, Marcel A. de SOUZA, accompanied by a large delegation, presented on Sunday, 11 December 2016 in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria, a cheque of one million US dollars and food worth 400, 000 US … Continue reading
ECOWAS, U.S Renew Partnership for Security and Development in West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria, 13 December 2016 –The Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States Government signed a certificate of recognition in attestation of the multi-year Development Agreement between the two institutions, originally signed on November 21, 2015. … Continue reading
President Sirleaf Leads High-level ECOWAS Delegation to The Gambia
(Monrovia, Liberia – Monday, December 12, 2016) The President of the Republic of Liberia and Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leads a … Continue reading
Food security stakeholders call for immediate action to address acute food and nutrition insecurity in North-East Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria, 12 December 2016Members of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) gathered on 12 December 2016 in Abuja at the 32nd RPCA Annual Meeting, held under the political leadership of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African … Continue reading
ECOWAS, UNDOC move against illicit Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse in the Region
Abuja, 8th December 2016. The Economic Community of West African States in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime is strengthening its efforts towards the eradication of illicit drug trafficking, related organized crime and drug abuse in … Continue reading