ECOWAS Warns Mali Junta On Election Dates
October 18, 2021 Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, chair of the West African bloc ECOWAS, has told Mali’s ruling junta that elections announced for February must ahead on schedule, his delegation…
ECOWAS EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT: NIGERIA, ECOWAS INSIST ON PROMPT TRANSITION TO CIVIL RULE IN GUINEA
Sept. 17, 2021 … Sub-regional leaders agree to freeze financial assets of new military junta Determined to ensure a prompt return of democratic rule to Guinea after the recent military…
ECOWAS resorts to sanctions over Guinea, Mali coups
Sept. 17, 2021 West Africa’s main regional bloc on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a…
Nigeria, ECOWAS sign MoU on implementing Early Warning mechanism, centre
July 14, 2021 Since security threats confronting Nigeria and the rest of West Africa are becoming more violent, asymmetric, cross-border by nature, and spreading faster than before, the need for…
Terrorism greatest challenge facing ECOWAS – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is confronted with the greatest challenge of terrorism. Buhari made this known on Saturday during the 56th Ordinary…