ECOWAS to build data on regional cultural heritage sites
Participants at a closing of a capacity building training for lawyers have urged ECOWAS to accelerate the establishment of a system for a regional list of cultural heritage. They also called on ECOWAS to encourage States to implement the Commission’s regional action plan at the national level. ECOWAS, through the Department of Human Development and […]
63rd ECOWAS Session ends; Nigeria’s Tinubu is new Chairman
By Dorothy Agyemang The 63rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Summit has ended with governments being encouraged to assist Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea in transitioning to democratic rule. These are among the concluding issues from the session. President Akufo-Addo described Ghana’s recognition by the WHO in the fight against […]
ECOWAS gives $500,000 to support General Elections in Sierra Leone
Dr Omar Alieu Touray, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, has approved the deployment of 95 Election Observers to observe the June 24 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone. This is in line with provisions of Articles 12 to 14 of the 2001 regional Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance on assistance to […]
ECOWAS to support Ghana end child beggars’ menace
By: Rachel Kakraba. Head of Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation ECOWAS Gender Development Center, Awudu Ahmed Gumah, has hinted of plans of ECOWAS to support Ghana in its quest to end the menace of child beggars. This he said will be done in the second phase of a pilot Programme, which was commenced by the […]
Accra: ECOWAS Launches 4-Day Workshop to Review Youth and Sports Policies
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A 4-day technical workshop on the Multi-disciplinary taskforce on the review of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Youth and Sports Policies and Strategic Action Plan has commenced in Accra. ECOWAS adopted its Youth and Sports Policies and Strategic Action Plan in 2009 and 2010 respectively. This move, according to […]
ECOWAS member States deliberate on comprehensive approach to addressing threats to human security
By: Hannah DadzieAn ECOWAS Capacity Building Workshop for Multi-Stakeholders on Protection and Human Security has opened in Accra. This has become necessary as human security has become an extremely serious issue in West Africa, due to worsening social and economic challenges, internal conflicts, political instability and civil wars. The three-day event is also aimed at […]
ECOWAS Gender Devpt Centre lauded for empowering women in regional integration
By Rachel Kakraba Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs. Francisca Oteng Mensah, has commended the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, EGDC, for mobilizing and empowering women to be active participants in the regional integration process. She noted that the Centre since its establishment in 2003, has been instrumental in liaising with member countries […]
ECOWAS Deploys 40 Observers ahead of the Legislative Elections in Benin
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed forty (40) observers ahead of January 8, 2023, Legislative Elections in Benin. The observers were deployed January 6, 2023, in Cotonou, Republic of Benin to the capitals of the twelve (12) Regions of the country. As part of the ECOWAS electoral support to Member States, […]
AfCFTA comes with a price- Billay G.Tunkara
By: Rachel Quartey The Leader of the Gambian delegation to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Billay G. Tunkara, says many countries within the sub-region are not fully prepared to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement for the benefit of its citizens. According to him, AfCFTA comes […]
ECOWAS needs strong standing army to deal with peace and security – Mahama Ayariga
By: Rachel Quartey The First Rapporteur of the ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Mr. Mahama Ayariga has emphasized on the need for a strong standing army for the sub-regional bloc. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja […]
