How will strained ties between ECOWAS and neighbours Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso affect the fight against armed groups?

The African Union’s Special Representative for Mali and the Sahel, Mamadou Tangara, has held talks with the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, as regional institutions seek closer ...

ECOWAS Resident and Permanent Representatives, together with members of the Cabinet of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, are meeting in Lomé, Togo, from 9 to 13 March 2026 ...

The ECOWAS Parliament urges businesses to increase participation in regional trade, leveraging integration frameworks for ...

A three-day training of 74 field monitors from 12 ECOWAS member states, which explored how technology, especially artificial intelligence, could be used to enhance data collection and analysis, ...

The Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission has urged ministers of member states to take ownership of the bloc rsquo;s flagship Legacy Project, describing it as a transformative initiative designed to ...

By Innocent Anaba President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, has called on the Nigerian government to take the lead in enforcing decisions of the regional court, warning that ...

Senior veterinary officials, regional policymakers and international development partners have convened a “Cross-Border Planning, Coordination and Assessment” workshop to strengthen mass animal ...

The ECOWAS Parliament, the legislative arm of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has partnered with some ...

Annual Retreat to Strengthen Data Collection Capacities and Support Early Warning Systems and Preventive Measures in West Africa ...

President of Benin, Mr Patrice Talon, represented by the Senior Minister of Planning and Development, Mr Abdulahi Tchiane, officially inaugurated the project. He said that the measure would go a long ...

Parliament is celebrating 25 years of service to the people of West Africa with a year-long, multi-country programme designed to bring the institution closer to citizens and promote regional ...