Press Releases
ECOWAS intensifies moves towards quality infrastructure
 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its partners have intensified efforts in ensuring quality infrastructure and common standard for products and services in the region.Pursuant to this, the Department of Industry & Private Sector through the Directorate … Continue reading
AU seeks collaboration with ECOWAS on humanitarian effectiveness
 Through its Department of Political Affairs, the African Union (AU) is seeking to collaborate with ECOWAS on humanitarian effectiveness. To this end, a regional consultative meeting for Western Africa began in Abuja on the 26th of August 2015 for the … Continue reading
ECOWAS teams up with stakeholders for mathematics development
 ECOWAS is associating with other stakeholders in the desire to raise the banner of mathematics through competitions that can help propagate and popularize the subject for the overall technological development of the African continent.To this end, the ECOWAS Commission … Continue reading
Gender and Elections Training Workshop holds for Ivorian Women
 The Ivorian economic capital of Abidjan will host a national training workshop on gender and elections for Ivorian women from 11 August 2015.The meeting is aimed at enhancing women’s participation in electoral processes in the West African sub-region while providing … Continue reading
Stakeholders want directorates to take full ownership of the ECOWAS conflict prevention framework
Stakeholders of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) are agreed that taking full ownership of the project is one major way of ensuring greater stability of the West African region in the days ahead. At the end of the mid-term … Continue reading
ECOWAS Chair expresses concerns over the Political Crisis in Guinea Bissau
 The Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Head of States, H.E. Macky Sall followed with keen interest and expressed deep concerns over current developments that led to the dismissal of the government headed by Prime Minister, Domingos SimoÄ“s PEREIRA by … Continue reading
For greater Ivorian women’s participation in the electoral process
The Ivorian Minister of Solidarity, Family, Women and Children, Mrs. Anne Désirée Ouloto, berated women’s low participation in electoral process and political party activities, as well as their position regarding collective consciousness. Speaking on Tuesday 11 August 2015 in Abidjan, … Continue reading