Press Releases
ECOWAS Commission meets with development parters on status of regional integration cooperation
The ECOWAS Commission and its Development Partners are jointly organizing a meeting on regional economic integration on Monday 29th of June 2015. Officials of some of the Commission’s Directorates charged with specific mandates of integration are gathering at the Transcorp … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission President commends sports club for trophy haul
President of the ECOWAS Commission H E Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has commended the ECOWAS Staff Club whose members won four trophies as well as individual medals at the just concluded end of the year games. The dual sporting tournaments-Diplomatic Games … Continue reading
ECOWAS Development Programme Financing Conference holds in Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire will in September 2015 become a major economic hub for investors with a high-level conference in Abidjan on financing development programmes in the West African region. This high level conference is a prelude to the round table of … Continue reading
ECOWAS Sensitization Tour on Kampala Convention
An important ECOWAS Commission delegation set off from Côte d’Ivoire on Monday the 29th June en route to Liberia and Nigeria on a mission of sensitization on the Kampala Convention, with a view to advocating its ratification and ensuring its … Continue reading
ECOWAS welcomes signing of Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, welcomes the complete signing of the Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, which took place in Bamako on the 20th of June 2015. ECOWAS commends all parties involved for their resolve … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission President grants audience to West African youth leaders
A delegation of about twenty West African youth leaders from nine ECOWAS Member States and Cameroon discussed integration issues with the ECOWAS Chief, Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria on 19 June 2015. The youth leaders … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission and the “Conseil de l’Entente” step up collaboration on integration
The “Conseil de l’Entente” (Council of Understanding) of West Africa is to step up its collaboration with ECOWAS in order to maximize the benefits of integration for member states within its fold. This is in furtherance of a charge given … Continue reading