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President John Mahama of Ghana has nominated the immediate past President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Asante, to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Asante’s office on Friday. It …

President Bassirou Faye of Senegal has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, spokesperson, of Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nigeria. Newsextra24 reports that Faye replaces Sierra Leone’s Julius Bio …

President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday urged Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to present a united voice against Afro-phobic attacks in South Africa. Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said this during the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of States and Government of ECOWAS, held …

The ECOWAS Court of Justice says it aims to go fully digital by 2030 and become more accessible, efficient and be recognised as a benchmark among judicial institutions in the sub-region. President of the court, Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, made this known at the formal unveiling of court’s Electronic Case Management …

The ECOWAS Parliament has urged member states to allocate at least five per cent of their annual national budgets to renewable energy and rural development projects to tackle the region’s persistent electricity deficit. The call was made by Sen. Ali Ndume, Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Agriculture, during …

The ECOWAS Parliament is scheduled to begin a week-long meeting of its delocalised joint committee aimed at addressing West Africa’s renewable energy and electricity challenges in Dakar, Senegal, on Monday. A parliamentary statement on Sunday said the meeting is themed: “Harnessing Renewable Energy for Rural Electrification and Empowerment of Rural …

Liberia’s Ambassador to Nigeria and Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, John Ballout, has called for the establishment of a regional task force to tackle illicit drug trafficking menace in West Africa. Ballout, who is also concurrent Ambassador to the Republic of Benin and Equatorial Guinea, made this known in an interview …

The West Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (WA-MRH) initiative has adopted key strategic decisions aimed at strengthening regulatory convergence and improving access to quality-assured medical products across the ECOWAS region. The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) said this in a post on its official X account on Friday following the conclusion of …

The Senegalese government has nominated Birame Diop, a retired air force general and the country’s current Minister of the Armed Forces as its candidate for the position of ECOWAS President. Diop’s nomination is contained in a statement issued by Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, made …

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has met with Sierra Leonean President, Julius Maada Bio, in Freetown as part of engagements on peace, democratic governance and regional cooperation in West Africa. Jonathan disclosed the meeting in a statement shared on Tuesday via his social media account. He said the visit was undertaken in his …