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ECOWAS At 50: CDD, WADEMOS Review Progress As Stakeholders Advocate Inclusive Regional Integration
As the Economic Community Of West Africa States ECOWAS marked it’s 50th anniversary May, 28th the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with the West Africa Democracy Solidarity ...
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ECOWAS extends invitation to Alliance of Sahel States on security/humanitarian spheres
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has invited the three Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, for cooperation in the security and humanitarian spheres, ...
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Ghana to host Extraordinary ECOWAS Council of Ministers Meeting as part of 50th anniversary launch
Ghana will host an Extraordinary Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers on April 22–23 in Accra, marking the official launch of the Community’s 50th ...
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Mahama to launch ECOWAS golden jubilee celebrations in Accra on April 22
Accra is set to become the focal point of regional celebration on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as the Economic Community of West ...
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EU Deepens Engagement with ECOWAS to Tackle West Africa's Security Challenges
The EU envoy expressed the Union's interest in enhancing its partnership with ECOWAS in a bid to address growing regional ...
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Nigeria signs ECOWAS tariff offers, waives taxes on 90% of goods traded in Africa
Nigeria has officially gazetted and transmitted its ECOWAS schedule of tariff offers for goods traded in Africa to the ...
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Senegal’s Faye says all efforts to reintegrate Sahel states into ECOWAS have failed
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had “done everything possible” to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa’s ECOWAS regional group, to no avail. The ...
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ECOWAS ruling: Rights group urges Kano to repeal blasphemy laws
The ECOWAS Court, in its landmark ruling delivered on April 9, 2025, invalidated Sections 210 and 382(b) of Kano State’s Penal and Sharia Codes. RID Nigeria criticised the sections as “overly ...
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Economist says Africa will be hit by Trump’s tariff ‘war’
Commission, has said that Africa will be affected by the global 'tariff war' triggered by President Donald Trump of the ...
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ECOWAS at 50: Ghana to lead Golden Jubilee launch in Accra
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West Africa’s version of Brexit is as bad an idea
By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are rather different from the UK’s 2016 decision to ...
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How juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger are increasing costs of West African Trade
ECOWAS was established by the Treaty of Lagos on 28 May 1975 and has commenced several activities, including sporting events, to mark her 50th anniversary as a formidable economic regional bloc.