IN a few weeks, the Economic Community of West African States, established on 28 May 1975, will turn 50. It was established ...

In May this year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will roll out the drums to celebrate a landmark 50 ...

I was an emissary of former President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR. I was head of a delegation that was sent with letters to four Presidents on the West Coast of Africa.

Your Excellency,  ECOWAS crisis – SPORTS to the rescue.  On behalf of all Nigerians, I salute you, sir. In the year 2002, I ...

Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to the small nation's port would be a game-changer.

Security analysts are praising ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, for activating ... of the military contingents in almost all the countries, it will be very difficult for ...

said despite the recent withdrawal of three African countries, the ECOWAS maintains the free movement of persons and goods. “Following the directives of the Authority of Heads of State and ...

Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s Head of State when ECOWAS was formed ... 15 member states are interconnected. In fact, all 14 mainland countries of ECOWAS are interconnected. “Only the 15th country ...

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said addressing security challenges in the West African sub-region requires collective ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, under the leadership ... We must respect the sovereignty of countries and adopt the mechanism of diplomacy and sanctions rather than kinetic ...

resolved to launch its planned single currency for the 15 countries after decades of failed attempts. Ecowas has been struggling to keep its membership intact after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all ...