Tag: ECOWAS
the country reopens its border with Nigeria
Niger reopened its doors to Nigeria on the night of Thursday March 21 to Friday March 22, 2024. The land border between the two countries was closed following the coup…
Niger keeps its border with Benin closed
ECOWAS sanctions against Niger were lifted last Saturday during the extraordinary summit of the sub-regional organization in Abuja, Nigeria. Sanctions which were taken in the wake of the July 26…
ECOWAS entrusts Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo with the Mohamed Bazoum file
In Niger, what future for former president Mohamed Bazoum? He remains detained by the junta since the July 2023 coup that toppled him. ECOWAS, during its summit this weekend, no…
ECOWAS resumes dialogue with three military regimes – L’Express
It is a turning point in the region after several years of crisis. The Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided this weekend to lift a large part of the…
Coup states are urged to stay in Ecowas
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. Archive image. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Via AP/TT The leaders of the West African cooperation organization Ecowas gathered on Saturday for an…
Amputated by several limbs, ECOWAS must decide on several hot issues
The heads of state and government of the eleven non-suspended ECOWAS member countries are meeting for a new extraordinary summit in Abuja. Leaders will have a busy agenda on the…
Former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon, last living founding father of ECOWAS, calls to save it
One of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) called, on February 21, 2024, for the lifting of sanctions against West African countries led by…
ECOWAS leader Bola Tinubu goes to Dakar
Three young people have died since Friday as part of demonstrations against the postponement of the presidential election, initially scheduled for February 25 and postponed to December 15. In this…
the debate on the competence of the Constitutional Council is underway
Will the opponents of the postponement of the Senegalese presidential election be able to open the battle on the legal front? The opposition plans to challenge before the Constitutional Council…
Extraordinary meeting of ECOWAS ministers to discuss the crises in the sub-region
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is holding an extraordinary session of its mediation and security council at ministerial level this Thursday in Abuja. According to the agenda,…