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ECOWAS orders immediate standby force against Niger junta
Add a CommentThe Economic Community of West African States has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup … Read more →
ECOWAS puts off decision on what to do on juntas
Add a CommentThe West African bloc, ECOWAS has postponed making a decision on Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso after its leaders failed to agree on what action to take against the military juntas in each of those three countries. The region’s leaders, … Read more →
ECOWAS places travel ban on Guinea military junta
Add a CommentThe Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has placed a travel ban on all the members of the military junta in Guinea and their immediate family members. In addition, the regional political and economic bloc has placed a freeze … Read more →
ECOWAS, Ghana condemn Guinea Military take over
Add a CommentThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Ghana Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that toppled the democratic process in the Republic of Guinea on Sunday. President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, condemned the action … Read more →
ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup
Add a CommentLeaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended the membership of Mali to the subregional bloc. The decision was taken on Sunday evening in Accra, Ghana during the extraordinary summit on the political crisis in Mali. … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo attends ECOWAS meeting on common currency in Niger
Add a CommentThe fourth meeting of the Presidential Taskforce on a common currency for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) has taken place in Niamey, the capital of Niger, with the firm commitment towards the acceleration of the processes leading to the use … Read more →
Gambia crisis: Ecowas ‘Could send troops’ if Jammeh refuses to go – BBC
Add a CommentMilitary intervention in The Gambia is “possible” if President Yahya Jammeh does not step down after having lost elections, the head of the West African regional bloc Ecowas has said. Diplomacy was the preferred path, but “draconian” measures would have … Read more →
ECOWAS holds meeting to elect new chair
Add a CommentSome West African leaders have arrived in the country for today’s [Tuesday] meeting of ECOWAS leaders. The meeting will discuss elections in member countries, security related matters and the handling of the Ebola crisis.Today’s meeting will also see to the … Read more →
ECOWAS will not recognise any coup in Burkina Faso – Prez Mahama
Add a CommentFollowing political chaos in Burkina Faso, ECOWAS Chairman John Mahama has reiterated the regional body’s principle of non-recognition of leaders who rise to power through unconstitutional means. In a statement from the Presidency last Thursday night, President Mahama drew the … Read more →
ECOWAS should be dissolved – Badu Akosa
Add a CommentProf. Agyemang Badu Akosa, former Director General of the Ghana Health Service, says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should be dissolved. According to him, ECOWAS is of no use because it has lost focus and failed to address the pertinent … Read more →
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