THE Economic Community of West African States, a regional bloc consisting of 15 member countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, ...

By Muniratu Akweley IssahAccra, July 3, GNA– The African Union, in partnership with ECOWAS and the German Development Agency ...

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has announced approval of $100m in funding for the construction of a 47.7km stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.This is a major boost to the ...

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

In a continent yearning for transformation, ECOWAS stands at a crossroads . Once envisioned as a beacon of regional unity and democratic progress, it now risks becoming a relic mdash;outpaced by the ...

NiMet and ECOWAS Commission are collaborating on regional early warning systems and climate resilience to mitigate the ...

The implementation of Praia-Dakar maritime link will mark an important step in regional integration within the Economic ...

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under whose stewardship ECOWAS marked the Golden ...

We have to invest heavily in education, in technology, in innovation, so that we can industrialise our sub-region, transform ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

The ECOWAS pre-election mission has kicked off its activities in preparation for the October 2025 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire. The mission, led ...

New ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio inherits a bloc grappling with jihadist violence, military coups and a shrinking circle of ...