ECOWAS

June 18, (THEWILL)- President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday, 19th June, leave for Accra, Ghana, to attend the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The President will join other Heads of State and...

June 14, (THEWILL)- The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has fixed June 22 for a hearing on a Motion in a suit challenging the Federal Government’s suspension of the operations of...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 30, (THEWILL) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday suspended Mali's membership of the regional bloc in response to last week's coup, Ghana's Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, said after a summit in...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 29, (THEWILL) – Mali’s junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, left the capital Bamako Saturday, his first full day as President, and headed for Ghana where West African leaders will decide on a response to the country’s...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 28, (THEWILL) – The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has condemned the military takeover in Mali. Speaking at the Opening of the ECOWAS Parliament 1st 2021 Ordinary Session in Abuja, both President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo,...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 27, (THEWILL) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday, kicked off the 2021 First Ordinary Session of the Parliament in Abuja. The session, holding at the headquarters of the Institution in Abuja, has President...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 20, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government says it is working towards amendment of the ECOWAS Protocols on free movement of human and cattle within countries in the sub-region to address the challenge of banditry. The Minister of...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a trimmed ECOWAS, saying the organisation needs to streamline its management to adjust to current realities. ”A situation where ECOWAS has 23 statutory appointees, of which 13 are...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 23, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari and other West African leaders are holding a virtual 58th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. Buhari participated from the Council Chamber of the Presidential...