ECOWAS gives ex-Nigerian VP Sambo fresh appointment …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Former Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo has been appointed to lead a 120-member ECOWAS Observation Mission for Ghana’s upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 7, 2024. Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, announced Sambo’s acceptance following a … Read more
“I Was Cleaning Bullets And Sleeping Where Bombs Are Kept In Libya” …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Alagie Kanteh, a survivor of human trafficking, shared his harrowing journey from The Gambia to Europe during a recent ECOWAS Parliament meeting with youth in Banjul. Kanteh, the only survivor among 11 individuals trafficked to Italy, recounted his ordeal, … Read more
ECOWAS Court Gets New President …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice (CCJ) has appointed Justice Ricardo Gonçalves from Cape Verde as its new President. Also, Justice Sengu Koroma from Sierra Leone has been elected as the new Vice President, with both officials serving a non-renewable term … Read more
ECOWAS to dump single currency initiative …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning to dump its single currency (ECO) initiative after years of struggles to actualise the plan. Advertisement Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Junior, Co-chair of the ECOWAS joint committees on Social Affairs, Gender and Women Empowerment, Legal … Read more
West African defence chief’s to activate ECOWAS standby force …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the West African Chiefs of Defence have agreed to activate the standby force of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Musa said the decision was taken at the end of … Read more
ECOWAS defence chiefs seek return of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Chiefs of Defence Staff in West Africa on Friday, called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, made the call … Read more
ECOWAS chiefs of Defense Staff converge in Abuja …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are currently meeting at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. This meeting is chaired by Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, who also serves as the chairman of … Read more