Press Releases
ECOWAS Experts Review and Validate Gender and Elections Strategic Framework
                                                                                          Abuja, 12th December 2016 A two-Day meeting to review and validate the ECOWAS Gender and Elections Strategic Framework (GESF) and Action Plan began in Abuja, Nigeria on the 12th of December 2016. The ECOWAS GESF together with its Action … Continue reading
The Chairperson of ECOWAS Speaks on the Current Political Situation in The Gambia
(Monrovia, Liberia- Saturday, December 10, 2016): The President of the Republic of Liberia and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed deep concern about current developments in the Islamic Republic … Continue reading
ECOWAS, African Union and UN statement on the political developments in the Gambia
The ECOWAS Commission, the African Union Commission and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) have received information that the Gambian incumbent President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the results of the Gambian presidential election of 1 … Continue reading
Communique on the Outcome of The Ghanaian Elections (2016)
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken note of the announcement of the final result by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, and the congratulatory phone call by the incumbent President, H.E. … Continue reading
President Sirleaf Receives Former PM, Baciro Dja of Guinea Bissau
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA EXECUTIVE MANSION MONROVIA, LIBERIA Monrovia, Liberia – Friday, December 9, 2016: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Friday, December 9 2016 received in audience the former Prime … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission President Embarks on Humanitarian Mission to the North-East of Nigeria
                                                                                           Abuja 7th December 2016 The President of the ECOWAS Commission Marcel de Souza will lead a high powered humanitarian Mission to Maiduguri, North-East of Nigeria on the 11th of December 2016. His Mission in the north-east is mainly to … Continue reading
Abuja to host the 9th statutory meeting of the ECOWAS Convergence Council on December 9th
Abuja, December 7th 2016 Â The ECOWAS Convergence council will hold an ordinary session on December 9th 2016 at Abuja, to determine the progress made in implementing the roadmap of the Community’s Single Currency Programme and adopt the macroeconomic convergence of … Continue reading