In May this year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will roll out the drums to celebrate a landmark 50 years of being an enduring regional ...

In recent years, the Sahel region has been shaken by a series of coups and shifts in governance that have significantly ...

A 40-year-old Nigerian, Bishir Dauda, plans a 50-day advocacy and solidarity journey across West African countries to ...

The ECOWAS and TMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 7th May 2024. This MoU covers collaboration between ECOWAS and TMA towards improving trade facilitation, opening transportation ...

On March 27, 2025, the Ghanaian-registered fishing vessel MENGXIN 1 was subjected to an armed attack 16 nautical miles (NM) south of Accra in the Gulf of Guinea.

ECOWAS has promised to present a full report ... further raising concerns about regional stability in Guinea-Bissau, a country with a history of military coups since gaining independence in ...

“ECOWAS is more than a coalition of states. It is a community established for the good of our peoples, based on shared history, culture, and tradition. “Neither my generation, nor present or ...

Editorial - Once again, Liberia finds itself mired in self-inflicted political embarrassment--not because our neighbors have failed us, but because our own leaders continue to sabotage the country's ...

The Director of the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre ... “This will be the best-organised tournament in the competition’s history, so I encourage everyone to come and experience ...

At the start of his second term as president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama initiated efforts to revive ties with three fellow ...

The waning of Nigeria’s once formidable diplomatic influence has not gone unnoticed. A recent report by the International Crisis Group, Restoring Nigeria’s ...

The dispute has heightened tensions in the country, which has a history of military coups. Embalo, who led ECOWAS between mid-2022 and mid-2023, announced on February 23 that presidential and ...