Covid-19: ECOWAS budgets $398m to revive ailing economies, electoral reforms
By Victoria Ojeme Since the beginning of 2021 and as a follow-up of the events of last year, the food security situation in Western Africa is a mixed picture. Although COVID-19 infection rates remained low compared to global figures, the impact of the pandemic led to reduced economic growth stemming from national restrictions put in […]
ECOWAS plans second wave of food donations to cushion effects of food crisis in bloc
By Victoria Ojeme President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Claude Kassi Brou says ECOWAS will continue to show solidarity with member countries to ensure success in the fight against Covid-19 and the poverty ravaging the region. Brou, who was represented by the Political and Diplomatic Counsellor of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Emmanuel Ohin, stated this […]
ECOWAS parliament calls for investment in agriculture, healthcare to tackle food crisis
By Victoria Ojeme The ECOWAS parliament wants member states to increased their investment stakes in agriculture and health to arrest the worsening food crisis in the bloc following the pandemic. The speaker of the Parliament, Sidie Mohammed Tunis, said this in his closing remarks at the Delocalized Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament on agricultural production, […]
ECOWAS court fines Guinea for ‘killing protesters’ in 2012
A West African court has found Guinea responsible for the killing of protesters in 2012 and ordered it to pay fines, according to documents seen by AFP Wednesday. Guinea has six months to pay five billion Guinean francs ($510,000/430,000 euros) to each plaintiff for the six people killed in the crackdown, plus three billion francs […]
COVID-19 2nd wave: WAHO warns ECOWAS member states to remain vigilant
The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) has warned Member States of the ECOWAS Community to brace up and prepare for the possibility of a second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. WAHO gave the warning in Guinea Bissau at the ongoing delocalised meeting of Parliament, with the theme: ‘Agricultural Production and Food Security in the ECOWAS […]
ECOWAS Court orders release of ex-members of Mali’s military C’tee
The ECOWAS Court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of 12 former members of the National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDRE) of Mali. The court also ordered the payment of 20 million CFA francs to each of them as compensation for the violation of their fundamental human […]
