Climate crisis

Nigerian lawmakers, Senators Ali Ndume and Awaji N. Abiante, have called for stronger legislative powers for the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), warning that its largely advisory status limits its capacity to influence implementation and hold regional institutions accountable.

The worsening climate crisis is fuelling population displacement, threatening livelihoods and creating conditions that could deepen insecurity across West Africa, experts have warned.