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ECOWAS, Nigeria Strengthen Economic Ties Ahead Of ECOMOTI 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Federal Republic of Nigeria are strengthening their collaboration in the fields of industry, trade, and investment as parts of efforts to ...
Zawya1mon
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) unites 11 Member States in historic gender-inclusive African Wrestling tournament
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Launches the Review of the Regional Food Security Storage Strategy
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Posts claiming trio of states in Sahel launched a common currency are false
The creation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to pursue economic and security ...
Business Day14d
West African States unite to boost competition, market efficiency
West African states have joined forces to enhance competition and improve market efficiency, in a move to strengthen regional integration.
LEADERSHIP Newspaper1mon
ECOWAS @ 50: Achievements Amid Threat Of Disintegration
In May this year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will roll out the drums to celebrate a landmark 50 years of being an enduring regional organization promoting West Africa ...
AllAfrica on MSN1d
West Africa Takes Ownership Of The West African Police Information System (WAPIS): A strategic Milestone In Regional Security
The official transfer of the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) to national and regional authorities signifies a crucial advancement in regional cooperation and the empowerment of West ...
Reuters18d
West African juntas impose levy on imported goods
The move ends free trade across West Africa, whose states have for decades fallen under the umbrella of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and highlights the rift between the ...
Reuters27d
West Africa’s version of Brexit is as bad an idea
By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are rather different from the UK’s 2016 decision to ...
Business Day10dOpinion
The Alliance of Sahel States tariff: A brewing trade war in West Africa
The recent decision by the Alliance of Sahel States – Alliance des États du Sahel (AES)), comprising Mali, Niger Republic, ...
Firstpost11d
Senegal’s Faye says all efforts to reintegrate Sahel states into ECOWAS have failed
The three Sahel countries quit the Economic Community of West African States at the beginning of the year, accusing the bloc ...
Al Jazeera English1mon
Burkina Faso
The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers ...