When former President Macky Sall shook hands and handed the mantle of leadership to his successor President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s 5th, and youngest, on the 2nd of April 2024, he might have wondered what could have been, the “what ifs” and “if onlys.” After serving as Prime Minister and...
ECOWAS
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider electing its members directly through universal suffrage, instead of doing so through national parliaments. The President made this known at the inauguration of the 6th Legislature of the ECOWAS parliament on Thursday...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against that country with immediate effect. This directive is in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government...
The Director-General, West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), Dr Olorunsola Olowofeso, says expectation for an ECOWAS Single Currency by 2027 is no longer realistic. Oluwafeso, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, said this was due to the inability...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said member countries are currently facing a clear and present danger in the form of transnational terrorism. ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Amb. Abdel-Fatau Musah, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday....
The rapprochement of the Economic Commission of West African States, ECOWAS, with the three countries that recently quit the regional body namely, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, is such a welcome development. But many more rivers to cross before the conflict in the 15-member sub-continental body will be...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Coalition of Civil Society Organizations under the auspices of the West Africa Coalition Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (WACTIPSOM) has commended the decision of Economic Community of West Africans States (ECOWAS) to lift the ban placed on Mali, the Republic...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said this at the end of the extraordinary session of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea by ECOWAS. Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organisation, said this at the extraordinary session...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political, and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja on Saturday. While the regional bloc said...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence in the possibility of lasting peace, security and prosperity in the West African region. He said this at the Extraordinary session of the Authority of Heads of States and Government on the Political, Peace and security in ECOWAS region in Abuja, on Saturday....
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders are currently meeting in Abuja to discuss political and economic issues concerning the sub-region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the leaders would examine ways to address the pulling out of the bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to implement a regional 30 by 30 plan aimed at securing at least 30 per cent of the planet by 2030. Dr Iziaq Salako, Minister of State for Environment, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the ECOWAS...
In a move that took the West Africa sub-region unawares, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger which are under military rule on Jan. 28, announced their withdrawal from the sub-regional politico-economic bloc, ECOWAS. Whereas Mali and Burkina Faso officially notified ECOWAS on Jan. 29, Niger followed suit on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that Tinubu would participate in the 37th Ordinary Session...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, says Nigeria is committed to regional security cooperation with other members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries. The Director, Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Information, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, disclosed this in a...
This Tuesday, in Abuja, the Save Democracy Group – West Africa (SDG-WA) and the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought (TAS) held a policy dialogue. They expressed alarm about the shortcomings of democracy, especially in West Africa, the sub-region where the majority of Black people live, as...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on the Senegalese Government to urgently choose a new date for the country’s presidential elections that was postponed. ECOWAS Commission in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said it has taken note of the...
A coalition of Civil Society Groups, has urged the authorities in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to rescind their decision to withdraw their membership of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Executive Director, CISLAC, said this at a news conference in Abuja on...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed sadness over the pronouncement by the Military authority in the Republic of Niger indicating that the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn membership of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a...