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 […]
France to support Mali’s power transition on ECOWAS terms — official
France is ready to back the civil transition of power in Mali on conditions set by the Western African ECOWAS regional bloc and takes note of the first appointments to the Malian transition government, the French Foreign Ministry said. The military junta responsible for the coup in Mali, on Monday appointed former Defence Minister Ba […]
ECOWAS Court set to resume from extended vacation on Oct. 7
The ECOWAS Court will be resuming its activities on Oct. 7, after its three months vacation. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the media office of the justices. The court will deliver judgment in nine cases filed against eight some member states. It added that the cases were also filed against Nigeria’s […]
Buhari, Ghana President meet Aso Rock
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammad Buhari and Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo met behind-closed-doors late Sunday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although details of the meeting which was made public at about 11:36 pm on Sunday by the Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on his Twitter handle was […]
Mali: Osinbajo attends ECOWAS extraordinary summit in Ghana
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Accra, Ghana, to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement said the vice president will represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit. Osinbajo will join other leaders […]
Group tasks new ECOWAS Chairperson on Trans- West African railway
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The African Railway Roundtable, a rail advocacy society , has tasked President Nana Akuffo Ado of Ghana to use his chairmanship of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) to revive the moribund Trasn-West African Railway project. In a statement issued over the weekend and signed by its Director, Olawale Rasheed, […]
