Press Releases
Women’s rights in the ECOWAS region: Experts and Ministers in charge of gender affairs are meeting to examine draft strategies to combat sexual and gender-based violence and sexual harassment.
The ECOWAS Centre for Gender Development (ECGD) is organizing from 11 to 13 October 2021 in Dakar, Senegal, an Experts’ Meeting, followed by a meeting of ECOWAS Minis-ters in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs on 15 October 2021. The … Continue reading
ECOWAS Holds In-Country Engagement Workshop on the Domestication and Implementation of the African Union (AU) Kampala Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa.
Faced with multiple and negative effects of incessant and perennial conflicts and disasters in the West African region, particularly in the Sahel, and the huge attendant displacement of po-pulations reaching over 3 million persons, the ECOWAS Commission is organizing in-country … Continue reading
4th Edition of the Annual Forum of National Volunteer Agencies of the ECOWAS region on the challenges of Member States during the Covid-19 crisis
The Youth and Sports Development Centre, which hosts the ECOWAS Volunteer Programme, is organising the fourth edition of the annual forum of the National Volunteer Agencies of the ECOWAS region from 4 to 6 October 2021 in Saly-Mbour, Senegal. The … Continue reading
ECOWAS Holds In-Country Engagement Workshop on the Domestication and Implementation of the African Union (AU) Kampala Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa.
Ouagadougou, September 29, 2021. Faced with multiple and negative effects of incessant and perennial conflicts and disasters in the West African region, particularly in the Sahel, and the huge attendant displacement of populations reaching over 3 million persons, the ECOWAS … Continue reading
President Brou Accredits New Ambassadors to ECOWAS
President Brou Accredits New Ambassadors to ECOWAS Abuja, Nigeria, September 30, 2021. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou received the letters of credence of four new Ambassadors today 30th September  2021 in Abuja, Nigeria. The newly … Continue reading
ECOWAS, Diplomatic Corps Strategize on Peace and Security in West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria, September 2, 2021. The Department of Political Affairs Peace and Security (PAPS) of the ECOWAS Commission, held a strategic meeting with some Political Officers and Military Advisors of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Nigeria and ECOWAS to deliberate … Continue reading
ECOWAS Briefs Political Officers and Military Advisors of the Diplomatic Corps
Abuja, Nigeria, September 23rd, 2021. The ECOWAS Political Affairs Directorate is organizing a briefing with Political Officers and Military Advisors of the Diplomatic Corps of Permanent Member Countries of United Nations Security Council (UN P5) as well as of regional … Continue reading