By Joe Udo The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is under renewed scrutiny, with stakeholders across West Africa calling for urgent reforms to strengthen constitutionalism and democratic resilience in the sub-region. These concerns emerged from a series of engagements led by Raymond Nyayiti Enoch, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm News, who…
By Our Reporter PRAIA (CONVERSEER) – A pre-electoral fact-finding team from the Economic Community of West African States has commenced consultations in Cabo Verde as part of preparations for the country’s 2026 legislative and presidential elections. The mission, led by Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, began engagements on…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Nigeria has withdrawn the fighter aircraft earlier deployed to the Benin Republic after authorities assessed that the security situation in the neighbouring country had stabilised following Sunday’s attempted military coup. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the aircraft, which were deployed from Lagos for surveillance and regional monitoring, were…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – The Nigerian military has deployed fighter aircraft to the Benin Republic following Sunday’s military coup that toppled President Patrice Talon, reliable security sources have confirmed. The aircraft, which took off from Lagos earlier on Sunday, were sighted operating within Beninese airspace as Nigeria intensifies surveillance and monitoring of the…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies with immediate effect following a military coup that overthrew President Umaro Sissoco Embaló on Tuesday, 26 November 2025. In a strongly worded communiqué issued after an emergency virtual summit late Thursday, ECOWAS Heads…
…warns that terrorism now threatens all of West Africa By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Alieu Omar Touray, has warned that terrorism has spread beyond the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin to threaten all of West Africa, with early-warning data showing 450 attacks and more than 1,900 deaths in…
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE YOUNG GRADUATE IMMERSION PROGRAM IN ECOWAS INSTITUTIONS / 2026 Call for applications form CONTEXT The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches the immersion program for young graduates in ECOWAS institutions, Batch 2026. The program is open to young graduates from ECOWAS…
Outgoing Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chairman, President Bola Tinubu, has called on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to return to the regional bloc, at the opening of the 67th Ordinary Summit on 22nd June in Abuja.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has elected Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio as the new chairman of the bloc on Sunday, in Abuja, during the organisation’s 67th summit.
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a recently established pact comprising three junta-led states – Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso – has imposed a 0.5 per cent import duty on goods from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member nations. In a joint statement last week, the AES said it aims to…
