Tag: ECOWAS
ECOWAS, AES Commit to Cooperation and Mutual Respect Despite Split
By Paul Ejime
At their just-ended first ministerial consultative meeting on cooperation in Dakar, Senegal, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its...
Guinea-Bissau: An Urgent Wake-up Call to ECOWAS and Int’l Community
By Paul Ejime
Africa seldom makes international news headlines unless wars (and they must be bloody), military coups, humanitarian catastrophes, disease pandemics, hunger, famine and pestilence are...
ECOWAS Business Startup Programme Enjoys Growing Patronage
By Paul Ejime
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Business Startup programme launched in 2021 to celebrate and upscale the high-impact startups, while advancing...
Edo Voter Urges Global Intervention Over Pre-Election Threats
BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Oct 4, 2026: Nigerian civil society activists and local voters have appealed to international bodies and foreign governments to step in...
ECOWAS: Implications of Freetown Summit Decisions
By Paul Ejime From the wholesale changes to its leadership architecture at the just-concluded mid-year Summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone, ECOWAS might have saddled Senegal...
Opposition Coalition Accuses ECOWAS of Bias, Backing Sham Constitutional Review
By Paul Ejime
Opposition parties in Guinea-Bissau have accused the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of bias and legitimizing the military junta government’s controversial...