Tag Archives: ECOWAS

Three West African nations, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have decided to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The decision comes as all three countries are currently under military rule following coups against their civilian leaders....

The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Ambassador Abdul-Fatau Musah, has made a firm statement emphasizing ECOWAS' commitment to maintaining peace and stability in Niger. He reiterated that if diplomatic efforts currently underway do not produce the desired...

The Minister for Health, Hon Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has asked members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to work together to strengthen coordination and consultation to enable them to mitigate some of the negative impacts of the novel...

The presidency on Tuesday (September 21) confirmed the recent use of Ghana’s presidential jet by the Liberian president, George Weah, Accra-based Joy FM have reported. According to the report, a Jubilee House official said President Weah used Ghana’s presidential jet...

ECOWAS Chair Nana Akufo-Addo is in Guinea to meet with the country’s new military regime, a day after the regional bloc issued a communiqué demanding, among other things, that elections are held in six months for the country to return...

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has asked the coupists in Guinea to restore democracy in six months. The decision was taken at an Extraordinary Session on 16 September...

Ghana's official Presidential jet, which appears abandoned by President Nana Akufo-Addo, for rented private jets, has been seen in faraway Liberia. The Falcon 900 Ex jet, was seen flying the Liberian President, George Oppong Weah to Ghana for an Emergency...

The Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) has condemned the Guinea coup as they call on the coup leaders to immediately release their embattled President Alpha Condé. In a statement signed by the Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority Nana...

Nigeria and Ghana have put in place a mechanism to end the trade dispute between Nigerian traders and the Ghanaian authorities, the Speakers of the Parliaments of the two countries have said. The dispute arose from the $1million business participation...

President Akufo-Addo is convening an extraordinary summit of ECOWAS on the renewed political crisis in Mali. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, announced this to the media at a press briefing held at the Information Ministry...