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 to uphold Mali sanctions until civilian appointed premier
West African states will uphold sanctions on Mali until it appoints a civilian prime minister, the leader of the ECOWAS regional bloc said Friday. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slapped sanctions on Mali after the August 18 military coup, which toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The sanctions “will be lifted when […]
ECOWAS likely to decide on lifting Mali sanctions Friday
The West African bloc ECOWAS will likely decide on Friday whether to lift potentially crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former president Goodluck Jonathan, called the 15-nation bloc’s sanctions “unfortunate” during a visit to Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday. West African leaders have heaped pressure on […]
Mali faces recession, political crisis after coup
Mali faces mountainous economic and political challenges more than a month after the military coup that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, analysts say. Plagued by graft and poverty, the Sahel state was already battling a severe downturn, aggravated by a jihadist insurgency and ethnic violence, when the military seized control on August 18. Mali is […]
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, […]
ECOWAS peacekeeping troops to leave Guinea-Bissau
The mission of a West African peacekeeping force in Guinea-Bissau has come to an end after eight years in the country. They were deployed by regional bloc Ecowas in 2012 following a military coup against Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior after a disputed presidential election. The force of about 1,000 soldiers was mandated to protect […]
Nigeria may soon open borders following ECOWAS heads of state meeting
By Victoria Ojeme The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed on proposals on the need for joint and coordinated efforts in the reopening of international borders. ECOWAS at its Fifty-seventh Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government held on […]
