The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is celebrating its 50th anniversary Wednesday. Beyond economics, the bloc took on a critical role in maintaining regional peace and security ...

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, the newly elected chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, has promised to focus on restoring constitutional order and deepening ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has said the exit of Burkina-Faso, Mali and Niger, the three Alliance of Sahel States from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is currently facing integration challenges and seeks to address them by strengthening unity, solidarity, and fraternity within the bloc.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Ahmadu Usman Jaha, has reaffirmed the lawmakers’s support for mechanisms that will ensure smooth and safe movement within the ...

This follows the announcement on 28 January by the three countries’ military leaders that the nations would immediately be leaving ECOWAS – the regional bloc founded in 1975 to promote economic ...

That vision remains alive today, embodied in ECOWAS—a beacon of regional unity and a cornerstone of continental progress. Through decades marked by political transitions, economic crises, pandemics, ...

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks its 50th anniversary, the regional bloc finds itself at a historic crossroads. Founded on May 28, 1975, by 15 West African nations ...

According to the ECOWAS Commission President, the fight against poverty and youth unemployment cannot be won by Member States alone. The involvement of the private sector—a key engine for wealth ...

ECOWAS, which is uniquely positioned to confront terrorism, has already started to meet this challenge: In March, the bloc activated a 5,000-person standby force to combat terrorism in the ...

The ECOWAS Resident Rep­resentative in Ghana, Mohammed Lawan Gana, said that despite earli­er plans to impose sanctions on the breakaway states, the regional body is now committed to collaboration and ...

The Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Ghana, Mr Mohammed Lawan Gana, has said young persons with disabilities must be included in West Africa’s integration and development agenda if the ...