Press Releases
END OF YEAR REMARKS TO THE COMMUNITY BY H.E. KADRE DESIRE OUEDRAOGO, PRESIDENT OF THE ECOWAS COMMISSION
The end of 2015 marks the consummation of our Community’s forty years of existence. As for 2016, it will open a new page in our history which will be written mainly by the citizens. As a witness to this … Continue reading
ECOWAS holds Heads of States Summit and 40th anniversary
HE Macky SALL, Senegalese Head of State and current ECOWAS Chairman The 48th Ordinary Session of the authority of the Heads of States and Government (HOSG) of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) alongside the 40th anniversary … Continue reading
Kenyan parliamentarians seek cooperation with ECOWAS
Members of the Kenyan Parliament are seeking the cooperation of ECOWAS with a view to strengthening its working relationship with the East African Community (EAC) and learn from the experience of ECOWAS in dealing with trans-national issues that impact on … Continue reading
ECOWAS appoints Abdulsalami Abubakar as leader of solidarity mission to Niger
Abuja, 9th December, 2015ECOWAS appoints Abdulsalami Abubakar as leader of solidarity mission to Niger The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the former military Head of State of Nigeria, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), to lead a special … Continue reading
ECOWAS ministers call for more budgetary allocation to water sector
Dakar 27 November 2015 ECOWAS MINISTERS CALL FOR MORE BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO WATER SECTOR Considering the overriding importance of water to the sustenance of life, ECOWAS Ministers in charge of the Water sector have called for the allocation of substantial … Continue reading
“Contributions of West Africa’s sub-regional institutions to climate change”
Press Release – West Africa at the COP21 2 December 2015, Paris, Le Bourget, Blue Zone, Hall 4, Room 4, 3:00-4:30pm. The event is jointly organised by ECOWAS, UEMOA, CILSS and BOAD. The West African region is mobilising to advocate … Continue reading
