The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned in strong terms the recent terrorist attack in Benin Republic. ECOWAS stressed that the tragic incident highlights the urgent ...

Dr Oumar Alien Touray, the President of ECOWAS Commission, has bemoaned the low intra-regional trade, with trading hovering around 12 per cent among the West African member states. He, therefore, ...

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning receives funding from D-SIP – Domestic Security Implications of UN Peacekeeping in Ghana, which is a Danish Funded Program Jesper Bjarnesen receives funding from the Swedish ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded arrangements to relocate its institutions from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger following their withdrawal from the body. ECOWAS ...

The Economic Community of West African states (Ecowas) is set to mark 50 years in May 2025. It was established in 1975 by 16 member states. Though seven of the founding leaders had ascended to ...

The ECOWAS 50th Anniversary celebrations brought together dignitaries from across the region, including President John Dramani Mahama and Ghana’s former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday urged leaders to prioritise addressing poverty, unemployment, and inequality, while placing a strong emphasis on education, innovation, and skills acquisition.

The meeting brings together representatives from ECOWAS member states to discuss the modalities and implications of the trio’s departure, which was officially announced in January. The Economic ...

ECOWAS has solicited the full support of member states for the operation of its regional counter-terrorism initiative, the ECOWAS Standby Force following the recent terrorist attack on Bénin ...

The 50-year achievement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in regional integration is something worth celebrating, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, the President of ECOWAS has said.

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Council of Ministers will be meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc ...

Celebrations marking 50 years of the Economic Community of West African States - known as Ecowas - began in Ghana this week, but the mood was far from jubilant. The region's main political and ...