All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday said it is on the threshold of implementing the legally binding instrument aimed at checking the continued proliferation of small arms within the sub-region.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Participants from ECOWAS member countries, recently concluded a training workshop on water resource management, at the Corinthia Atlantic Hotel in Banjul.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
ECOWAS, ministries of agriculture and health Friday ended a five-day forum on food security and nutrition at the bank of Sierra Leone complex, Kingtom in Freetown.
Trade Africa (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Ghana remains the easiest place to do business in West Africa and one of the top 10 economies in Africa by overall aggregate for doing business. It is also the best place to register property and the best in protecting investors in the Economic Community of West African Sates (ECOWAS), the World Bank said in a report in Accra on Wednesday. It said Ghana, which over the past three successive years was...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Nearly 500 business leaders of China and West African countries on Tuesday gathered in Beijing to seek ways to further their economic cooperation. China and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened their first-ever economic and trade forum on Tuesday morning. "Thank you for bringing so many African trade ministers and business leaders to this forum," Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Manager, national nutrition and food programme at the ministry of health Friday told journalists that the ECOWAS commission would today commence a five-day deliberation to discuss nutrition and food security in Freetown.
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
As Council president for September, Burkina Faso will be convening a high-level public meeting of the Council on 23 September. The topic is Mediation and Settlement of Disputes. The president of Burkina Faso and current chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Blaise Campaoré, will be presiding. Because the debate had been timed to coincide with the presence of high-level...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
A delegation of West Africa's public and private sector operators are due in Beijing next week for a joint forum with their Chinese counterparts in an effort to stimulate increased Chinese investment in the strategic sectors of the regional economy. According to the African Press Organization on Sunday, approximately 450 private and public sector operators are participating in the forum of which some...
Bosses blog (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
obrigado, Carlos. Dr. Jonah called on the African Union (AU), ECOWAS and other regional and continental bodies to be forthright in dealing with recalcitrant African leaders and refuse to recognise them when the evidence show that they stole elections. As long as the continental and regional bodies continued to recognise leaders who stole elections, the continent was likely to witness more power sharing...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
President of the ECOWAS commission Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas has described the European Union as a "dependable, reliable and constant partner" in the West African integration process.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Secretary general of Mano River Union Ambassador Abraham Boure has called on the ECOWAS commission to assist countries comprising the union in their quest for lasting peace and stability.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Ghana remains the easiest place to do business in ECOWAS and one of the top ten economies in Africa by overall aggregate for doing business, reports Doing Business 2009. It is also the best place to register property and the best in protecting investors in ECOWAS.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Trade, Customs, Tourism and Industry and Mines, Dr. Alhaji Mohammed B. Daramy has revealed that ECOWAS will send a team of experts to Monrovia to support Liberia's efforts in the area of tax administration and more specifically on the issues surrounding the Common External Tariff.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Olusegun Obasanjo has been accused at the UN-backed War Crimes Court in The Hague as the main man who fueled the relationship between ex-president Charles Taylor and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF). Some ECOWAS leaders were also implicated for the role they played in the war.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
By Joseph Cheeseman in The Hague The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor has made another big revelation of the mediatory role of some ECOWAS leaders in the Sierra Leone conflict and its impact on Mr Taylor and the rebel RUF.
