ECOWAS

Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu on Sunday emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This was via a unanimous endorsement by Heads of State and government that attended the 63rd Summit of…

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will become the new chairman of  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) today, succeeding President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau, who became chairman 4 July 2022 at the 61st summit in…

The ECOWAS and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights have agreed on new initiatives for improving the execution of their respective mandates under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two Courts in Arusha,…

The President, ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante is in Arusha, Tanzania leading a 14-member delegation of the Community Court on a five day working visit to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The visit…

Adoba Echono, Banjul, Gambia The ECOWAS Community Court’s 2023 International Conference on Zero Tolerance for Unconstitutional Change of Government, (UCG) in West Africa, has ended in Banjul, the Gambian capital with wide ranging…

The President of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante has decried the non-enforcement of the court’s judgments by member states. Justice Asante who stated this in Banjul, the Gambia, in his closing remarks at…

To ensure the protection of child’s rights, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) are collaborating to mitigate any form of abuse of children in the region. The Speaker of ECOWAS…

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice prepares to hold its International Conference in Banjul, the Gambia, part of deliberations at the conference, is the appraisal of the judgment enforcement mechanism…

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Court of Justice, as part of its annual work programme is set to hold its international conference in Banjul, the Gambia, with the theme ECOWAS’ Zero Tolerance for Unconstitutional…

The West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) is holding the 17th ECOWAS Nutrition Forum, aimed at accelerating the achievement of regional nutrition indices. The forum, with the…