Ecowas

International Community Urged to Assist West Africa Tackle Security Threats

The German Ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff, has urged the international community to assist the West African Region to tackle its emerging security threats in a "fast and decisive" manner.He said the community and affected countr...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

ECOWAS Adopts a Single Currency

West African countries make a bold step in fortifying regional integration by adopting a single currency called ‘Eco’ which is planned to launch by 2020. Eco was adopted on Saturday in Abuja in a meeting of the 15 member-country regi...

Neo Sithole·almost 5 years ago

Africa to Commence Trading Under Free Trade Pact in July 2020

The African Continental Free Trade was launched yesterday at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger. President Paul Kagame described the launch of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade A...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Rivalries Ahead of Guinea-Bissau’s Election Raise Questions About Stability

In recent times, Guinea-Bissau has made promising political gains despite a long history of coups. This was reflected most clearly when the country held peaceful and successful legislative elections in March. Additionally, incumbent pres...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Ghana Hopes to Benefit From Hosting Africa’s Free Trade Area Secretariat

Ghana has been chosen by the African Union (AU) to host the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area. It beat other competing countries including Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar and Senegal to win the bid. As a...

Adu Owusu Sarkodie·almost 5 years ago

Has ECOWAS made West Africa a safer place? Yes, but its track record is lumpy

Recent events in Palma, a town in the volatile Cabo Delgado province in the north of Mozambique, have taken bloodshed in the region to new levels. Dozens of people were killed when hundreds of Islamist militants stormed the town on Wed...

Benjamin Maiangwa ·about 3 years ago

West Africa bloc urges Burkina, Niger and Mali not to withdraw

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has pushed the junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider their decision to quit the political and economic alliance.

Neo Poho·3 months ago

ECOWAS, Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) and the Global Order

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has forgiven the revolutionary regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigert for their sins of removing democratically elected proxies of France from power.

Prof. Ademola Araoye·about 1 month ago

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