With continued dialogue and diplomatic efforts, the dream of a unified West African economy remains within reach. Speaking at the 1st Extraordinary Session of ECOWAS for 2025 in Lagos, Barau ...

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 power ...

Discover how the AU's APSA initiative is a crucial funding and support mechanism for ECOWAS peace support operations and regional security.

One or two of the three West African nations that recently withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are making efforts to reconnect with the regional bloc, Special Adviser ...

While some lawmakers see it as a wake-up call for better governance and economic integration, others remain hopeful that the nations may eventually return. Speaking at the 1st Extraordinary Session of ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has explained the choice of Lagos for the 50th Economic Community of West African States anniversary celebration. Tuggar said Lagos became the ...

The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) on Friday hosted a one-day media orientation workshop, bringing together journalists from print, broadcast, and online media ahead of the upcoming Joint West African ...

The Economic Community of West African States has said the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the bloc is complicating regional counter-terrorism efforts, even as it intensifies ...

It is not exactly the end of a proverbial era: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But in that ...

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 ...