Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is reinforcing its commitment to regional integration and the free ...

Heads of ECOWAS member states convened on Saturday to finalise and approve the design of the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor Highway ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — all led by military juntas — have announced plans to introduce a new biometric passport. It’s the latest step in their withdrawal from the regions’ main bloc of nations: ...

The system, known as the ECOWAS Residence Permit or Residence Card, was designed to allow citizens to reside in another member state for extended periods for business, employment, or personal reasons.

When Professor Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, and veteran public analyst, requested that I make a presentation on the subject of ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) in ...

The ESF was declared fully operational in 2016. In 2017, the force’s capabilities were used to plan and deploy an Economic Community of West African States’ Mission to The Gambia, ECOMIG. It ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region. By Elian ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOW­AS) under its Regional Food Security Reserve has handed over 500 tonnes of cereals to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA). The cereals ...

This is the exact sum that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Peace Fund needs to generate to be able to implement its peace initiatives for the region. Speaking at a joint ...

The Economic Community of West African States Food and Cultural Festival says its upcoming festival holding in Nigeria is aimed at promoting food security, poverty alleviation and zero tolerance ...