Press Releases
ECOWAS Ministers Meet on Illicit Drug Trafficking, Organised Crime and Drug Abuse
(Abuja, September 2, 2016) The ECOWAS ministerial conference on illicit drug trafficking, organized crime and drug abuse in West Africa is holding on the 5th of September in Abuja. The ministers are converging as part of the on-going effort at … Continue reading
ECOWAS Signs MOU with Tony Elumelu Foundation to Promote Entrepreneurship in Ecowas Region
(Abuja, 1st Sept. 2016) The ECOWAS Commission and the Tony Elumelu Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration to deepen and amplify both institutions’ efforts in supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as well as promoting … Continue reading
ECOWAS and China Development Bank Explore Areas of Greater Cooperation
 (Abuja, 31st August 2016) ECOWAS and China Development Bank (CDB) have set a machinery in motion to explore areas of greater cooperation with a view to realizing set integration targets across specific sectors. The sectors over which broader relations … Continue reading
ECOWAS Member States Representatives Work out Means of Implementing Conflict Prevention Tenets in the Region
 Abuja, 29th August 2016 Representatives of ECOWAS Member States are meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to iron out means of implementing the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF). The Framework has been put together to engender a more stable, conflict-free region where … Continue reading
ECOWAS SPCC reviews the Implementation arrangements of the Community Strategic Framework
LAGOS, Nigeria, August 29, 2016Â The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Strategic Planning Coordinating Committee (SPCC) is holding its eleventh (11th) meeting in Lagos from the 29th to 30th of August, 2016. The meeting which was organized with … Continue reading
President Sirleaf Commends Japan for Reinforcing Africa’s ownership of Development Initiatives at TICAD VI Summit
 Nairobi, Kenya: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has commended the Government and people of Japan for their desire to reinforce Africa’s ownership of its development initiatives. According to a dispatch from Nairobi, Kenya, President Sirleaf made the commendation at the … Continue reading
Visit of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Marcel A. de Souza, Vice-President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), HE Hiroshi Kato.
(Nairobi, August 26, 2016) On the occasion of his participation to the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), to be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, on 27 and 28 August 2016, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, … Continue reading