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Meeting report of the steering committee meeting on the Abidjan – Lagos corridor programme
Steering committee meeting on the abidjan – lagos corridor programme Abidjan, COTE d’IVOIRE, Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire 3rd – 4th November 2016 Meeting Report I. INTRODUCTION Successive ECOWAS Summits of Heads of State and Government have reiterated the … Continue reading
President Sirleaf Delivers Special Message at West African Monetary Zone 8th Trade Ministers’ Forum
Monrovia, Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has delivered a “special message” at the close of the 8th West African Monetary Zone Eight Trade Ministers’ Forum held in Monrovia and congratulated Ministers for successful deliberations. President Sirleaf expressed joy that … Continue reading
Visit of the chairperson of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to Guinea bissau
Visit of the chairperson of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to Guinea bissau FINAL COMMUNIQUE In furtherance to the briefing of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of States and Government by H.E. Professor Alpha … Continue reading
ECOWAS Validates Advisory Services Inception Report on the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor
(Abuja 4th November 2016 ). Experts from ECOWAS Member States have validated the Inception Report on advisory Services for the early stage preparation of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Programme. At the end of a two-Day Workshop on the … Continue reading
Workshop on the Acceleration of the Development of the Dakar-Abidjan Multimodal Corridor under the PIDA Priority Action Plan of ECOWAS to hold in Conakry
Abuja, November 4, 2016 — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with support from the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) Agency is holding a Scoping and Project Selection Workshop for the Acceleration of the Development of the … Continue reading
AU Collaborates with ECOWAS on Agenda 2063
(Abuja, 3rd November 2016). In deference to the importance of Agenda 2063 to the overall development of the entire continent, the African Union Commission (AUC) is seeking to further collaborate with the ECOWAS Commission in order to create meaningful … Continue reading
ECOWAS’ achievements at the centre of discussions between Marcel De Souza and General Yakubu Gowon
The ECOWAS Commission President, Marcel de Souza, commended the leadership role and vision of Gen. Yakubu Gowon, which contributed to the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 1975. During a courtesy visit to the Former … Continue reading