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The ECOWAS Commission has held a 3-day ECOWAS Informal Cross Border Trade (ECO-ICBT) / MoveAfrica-Traffic Light System program planning retreat in Accra Ghana.
The planning retreat held from the 16-18 September 2021 was in collaboration with Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS); West Africa Association for Cross Border Trade , in Afro-Forestry-Pastoral and Fisheries Products and Food (WACTAF) and … Continue reading
Road safety experts and officials from ECOWAS Member States deliberate and consider uniform actionable measures to curb the astronomical increase in deaths resulting from road crashes
The ECOWAS Commission, on 15th and 16th September 2021, assembled heads of Road Safety Agencies, Transport Ministries, and other government officials in-charge of Road Safety Policy in Member States to review and consider proposals for an ECOWAS Regional Road Safety … Continue reading
Fight against small arms: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) harmonises its texts with the support of GIZ and the European Union (EU)
Fight against small arms: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) harmonises its texts with the support of GIZ and the European Union (EU) Sept 15, 2021, Abidjan – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Sept 15, 2021. As part of the … Continue reading
ECOWAS holds capacity building workshop on Digital Trade for the AfCFTA E-Commerce Agenda
Abuja, Nigeria, September 13, 2021. The ECOWAS Commission collaborated with the GIZ African Union Support Programme to the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA), to hold its first virtual regional workshop on “Capacity building for Digital Trade for the AfCFTA E-Commerce … Continue reading
Communique: Extraordinary Session Of The ECOWAS Authority Of Heads Of State And Government
Opening Ceremony of the Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the Socio-Political Situation in the Republic of Guinea. September 15, 2021 Accra, Ghana
ECOWAS Launches the National Early Warning and Response Me-chanism Coordinating Center in Sierra Leone
Freetown, September 13, 2021. His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Vice President of Sierra Leone in his keynote address expressed his personal delight at witnessing the official launch of the Early Warning Center. “I feel personally honoured to witness the … Continue reading