By Elliot WilliamsLast week, the ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme’s Ghana National Bureau in Accra commemorated the 44th ...

“Mobilising resources to achieve rice self-sufficiency in West Africa”, is the theme of the Round Table on Investment in the Rice Sector in West Africa, which was opened on Tuesday, 2 June 2026, in ...

ECOWAS launches plan in Accra to achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2035, reducing West Africa’s costly import dependence.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...

One year into the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority’s merger control function, what lessons have emerged for dealmakers navigating West ...

Togo Hosts the 8th Annual Forum of National Volunteer Agencies in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Region ...

ECOWAS deploys 40 election observers to Guinea ahead of legislative and local polls scheduled for May 31. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed a technical election ...

President John Dramani Mahama has lifted the curtain on his behind-the-scenes diplomatic push to rebuild trust between ECOWAS ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio was chosen on Sunday to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS. The Economic Community of West African States, known ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, jointly referred to as the Alliance of Sahel States (AoSS), are set to permanently leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2025. During a ...

The West African regional bloc is lifting most sanctions imposed on Niger over last year’s coup, in a new push for dialogue following a series of political crises that have rocked the region in recent ...