2023: ECOWAS continues engagement with political actors to ensure violence-free elections
Ngozi James The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, through its Directorate of Political Affairs, continued its dialogue…
Kofi Annan Centre stresses women inclusion in Peace and security, trains mentors
By Ene Oshaba The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has stressed the need for building the capacity of…
ECOWAS engages Nigeria’s political actors ahead of the 2023 elections
ECOWAS engages Nigeria’s political actors ahead of the 2023 elections The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is…
EU, ECOWAS launch scholarship programme on sustainable energy for West Africans
By Gift Wada As part of efforts to ensure sustainable access for the people of West Africa to clean energy…
Democracy: ECOWAS, WANEP lament Nigeria’s political instability, raise concerns over 2023 election
Gift Wada, Abuja The Economy Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) have…
Nigeria ships troops, weapons to Guinea Bissau on peacekeeping mission
The Nigerian navy shipped military hardware and contingent to Guinea Bissau on Saturday on a peacekeeping mission under the auspices…
UNODC, NIALS, EU present module on torture
Mukaila Ola The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), working with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies…
ECOWAS Rejects Mali’s Five-year Transition Proposal
Nigeria’s former President and Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of the Wise (CoW), Dr.…
Africa is beset with coups and conflicts: how the trend can be reversed
By Adem K Abebe On the evening of 15 February 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were…
Morocco: Stagnation as the four-year wait for ECOWAS persists
By Nina Kozlowski “Morocco is not in a hurry,” officials often say. But four years after the country applied to join…