Tag: ECOWAS
Zelensky talks to Sissoco Embaló to get ECOWAS support
After addressing the African Union on June 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Thursday August 4 with the current president of ECOWAS, the Bissau-Guinean Head of State Umaro Sissoco…
an ECOWAS delegation takes stock in Ouagadougou
Discussions between the ECOWAS delegation led by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo this Sunday, July 24 focused on an assessment of the transition process in Burkina Faso since the last…
ECOWAS virologists meet to prepare for monkeypox
A meeting of the WHO World Health Organization emergency committee is scheduled for Thursday, July 21 to deal with monkeypox. This infectious disease, which is characterized by the appearance of…
an ECOWAS mission to discuss the transition
The ECOWAS mediator for Guinea, former Beninese President Thomas Boni Yayi, has been in Conakry since Tuesday evening July 19. The current president of ECOWAS and the new president of…
Relief in Burkina Faso after the absence of sanctions from ECOWAS
The ruling junta in Bamako and ECOWAS have finally reached an agreement on the duration of the transition in Burkina Faso: it will be 24 months from July 1, against…
The lifting of ECOWAS sanctions offers a breath of fresh air to the Malian economy
The leaders of the member states of ECOWAS decided on Sunday July 3, during a summit in Accra, to lift part of the sanctions which had weighed on the country…
ECOWAS lifts part of its sanctions against Mali, Guinea suspended
The 61st ECOWAS summit ended this Sunday, July 3 in Accra, Ghana. The West African organization has looked into its retaliatory measures against Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea after juntas…
the electoral calendar proposed by the authorities passes its first test
The government presented Tuesday, June 28 its draft timetable, electoral calendar. The Minister of Territorial Administration and government spokesman, Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, had therefore summoned the political parties and civil…
Bamako is working hard to obtain the lifting of sanctions at the Accra summit
The Summit of Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and that of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) will be held on…
The President of Niger visits Côte d’Ivoire, ahead of the ECOWAS summit in Accra
Mohamed Bazoum arrived this Thursday, June 23 for a 48-hour state visit to Côte d’Ivoire. A visit which comes as ECOWAS is holding a summit in Accra on July 3…