Press Releases
ECOWAS deploys more long-term election observers in Nigeria
ECOWAS has the full complement of its 17-member Long-Term Election Observation Mission (LTEOM) now deployed to monitor Nigeria’s 28th March 2015 elections with 11 of the observers joining their colleagues already in the field after briefing in Abuja on … Continue reading
ECOWAS unveils its new website
New Gallery 2015/3/13ECOWAS ICT Commissioner Da Rosa browsing the Commission’s new Websitecameramake Canonheight 928orientation 1flash 9originaldate 3/14/2015 12:10:32 AMwidth 1250cameramodel Canon EOS 700DECOWAS Commission’s Web Team with the Commissioner for Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Dr. Isaias Barreto Da Rosa … Continue reading
ECOWAS, Burkina Faso sign revised HQ agreement for WAHO
The ECOWAS Commission and the Government of Burkina Faso have signed a revised Headquarters Agreement for the country’s hosting of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the ECOWAS specialized health agency. The President of the Commission, H.E Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo … Continue reading
ECOWAS declaration on the violent attacks in Mali
                                                                                                               The ECOWAS Commission condemns, in the strongest terms, the recent consecutive violent attacks in Mali which resulted in several fatalities, including a UN Peacekeeper. Both attacks are particularly discouraging as they come in the wake of a preliminary Peace … Continue reading
President Ouedraogo felicitates with ECOWAS women on International Women’s day
The President of the ECOWAS Commission H.E. Kadré Desire Ouédraogo has felicitated with the industrious and wonderful women of West Africa on the occasion of the International Women’s Day celebrated globally on 8 March. In keeping with the theme chosen … Continue reading
ECOWAS election observers return to Nigeria
Members of the ECOWAS Long-Term Election Observation Mission (LTEOM) have returned to Nigeria for deployment ahead of the country’s elections rescheduled for 28 March and 11 April 2015 The team, part of the enlarged 250-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) … Continue reading
West African police challenged on ECOWAS vision 2020, African Standby Force
Gendarmerie and Police authorities in West Africa have been challenged to support the actualization of the ECOWAS Vision 2020 and the realization of the Full Operational Capability of the African Standby Force, of which the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) is … Continue reading