Drama as ECOWAS lawmakers in underwear, cook, smoke at parliamentary Zoom meeting
By Victoria Ojeme It was a bizarre scene at the online second ordinary session of the ECOWAS parliament as some lawmakers were seen dressed in underwears and the other smoked with flagrant impunity. It seemed fellow lawmakers tacitly gave their nods to these social anomalies but journalists invited to the parliamentary session voiced against the […]
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 […]
ECOWAS parliament meets amidst worsening food crisis in region
By Victoria Ojeme The ECOWAS Parliament is meeting in Guinea Bissau to discuss the way forward, as it concerns the food crisis that has hit the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) said over 17 million people in the Sahel and West Africa (7.1 million in Nigeria alone) need food […]
Nigerian lawmakers shun ECOWAS meeting AfCFTA, border closure
By Victoria Ojeme Lawmakers from Nigeria are conspicuously absent at the ongoing meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the takeoff date of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement next year. Vanguard can authoritatively report that none of the nine Nigeria Members of Parliament in the committees […]
