•ECOWAS leaders in Abuja yesterday The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political, and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja yesterday, reports Channels TV. While the region...
•ECOWAS logo The Economic Community of West African States is expected to suspend all sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who are under military rule after juntas overthrew the civilian governments of all three countries. This is as President Bola Tinubu, who serves as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States, [&helli...
•General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) Former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, Yakubu Gowon, has urged the regional political and economic union to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. Gowon made the call in an open letter to the Heads of […]
As the rift between Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger over their withdrawal from the regional bloc continues, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the Media in West Africa have called on the leadership of the bloc to address the lingering issues at stake to avoid further instability and [&hel...
•Auwal Rafsanjani Yesterday, the Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Comrade Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani described Nigeria as a major loser due to the walk-out decision taken by Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS. Rafisanjani, who stated this during an exclusive chat with our correspondent, la...
•Photo (L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced today their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The leaders of the thr...
•Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bal Koroma The Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has concluded plans to relocate former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bal Koroma to Nigeria tomorrow Thursday, January 4, 2024, reports Nigerian Tribune. This is part of the agreement reached by the mission to Freetown on December 23, 2023 of...
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday ordered the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s president who has been held captive since the coup that overthrew him on July 26, and that of his family. The Court “orders the defendant (the military authorities in Niamey, editor’s note) to [&hell...
•Tinubu The Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, yesterday sent a three-man negotiation team to mediate in the Niger Republic political crisis. The ECOWAS Authority, which is chaired by President Bola Tinubu, during the its 64th Ordinary Session, held at the State House Conference Cent...
•Tinubu Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu, today, has called on West African leaders to prioritise good governance and collective prosperity as an essential tool to prevent authoritarian takeovers of power and unconstitutional changes of government in the region. He said this while addressing ...
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