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18 Aug

Dialogue, Mediation Should Be First Options To Tackle Niger Situation – Bombande

Wontumi1BusinessECOWAS, Emmanuel Bombande, Niger

Former Executive Director of the West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP) Emmanuel Bombande has suggested to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to adopt dialogue and negotiation to resolve the issues in Niger. He indicated that although military intervention by the ECOWAS is allowed, the first option should be dialogue and negotiations. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Thursday, August 17, the United Nations Senior Mediation Advisor said “I think the message of trying to use what has been described by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs as ‘by all means’ is basically to have…

16 Aug

ECOWAS Army Heads To Meet In Ghana Amid Niger Intervention Plans

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The West African economic and political bloc, ECOWAS says the region’s army chiefs will meet in Ghana later this week. The meeting is reportedly to discuss a possible intervention in Niger, where a junta held a coup last month. This meeting had previously been postponed for technical reasons. Now regional democracies seem willing to discuss military intervention in Niger, something analysts say could destabilise an already volatile region. Over the weekend there was hope for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Niger, following a meeting between the head of the junta, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, and a group of influential…

19 May

ECOWAS To Support Ghana End Child Beggars’ Menace

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Head of Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation at ECOWAS Gender Development Center, Awudu Ahmed Gumah, has hinted at plans of ECOWAS to support Ghana in its quest to end the menace of child beggars. This he said will be done in the second phase of a pilot Programme, which was commenced by the centre in 2019. “We have a project that is being financed by the Italian government, being implemented by the UN High Commission for Human Rights, that is for child protection. So, we are targeting children on the move. Children who are moving from country to country and…

13 Apr

ECOWAS Group To Promote Human Rights Laws

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Participants in a three-day workshop on human security and social protection in ECOWAS countries have resolved to work together to have a binding law that ensures compliance with human rights laws. They expressed commitment to ensure that there was an International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) mainstreamed in all educational curriculum from primary to tertiary institutions. The participants also resolved to put in efforts to ensure an improvement in funds for institutions to identify human security issues that may arise on gender-based violence, trafficking in person and child protection. The stakeholders also called for effective use…

12 Apr

Ecowas Calls For Nigeria Kidnappers To Free Children

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The West African regional bloc Ecowas has condemned the kidnapping of 80 people last week in northern Nigeria. Many of those abducted in Zamfara state were women and teenagers who had been collecting firewood. In a statement, Ecowas called for the children’s release. It is unclear who carried out the abductions. Many kidnappings, often for ransom, by armed criminal gangs have taken place in Zamfara. The incident is the latest in a wave of violent crime in Nigeria. Armed gangs killed more than 70 people in two separate attacks in the central state of Benue last week. On Friday, a…

05 Nov

E-Passport: Whenever Dr. Bawumia Speaks, It Exposes NDC’s Ignorance- Simon Osei-Mensah

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The Ashanti regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has rated Vice President Bawumia as a deep thinker who always exposes the ignorance his political opponents whenever he speaks. The Regional Minister in an interview on Wontumi stated that the Vice President was right to state that soon, the acquisition of Ghana cards would be used as passports. He was therefore surprised opposition elements; mainly from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are up and exhibiting their ignorance over the matter. Video below... https://youtu.be/Bq5hlytR3K0 Delivering a speech at a public lecture themed “Transforming an economy through digitalization: The Ghana story,” held at the Ashesi University…

03 Oct

“I’m A Firm Believer In Presidential Term Limits” – President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed his strong support for the existence of term limits for Presidents, because it enhances democracy and injects fresh ideas into governance. Term limits, according to the President, promote “stability of democracies, especially the Presidential systems,” adding that, “speaking personally, I support the idea of term limits for Presidents, it prevents abuse of office and coup d’états”. Speaking in an interview with Kumasi-based Ash FM on Saturday, 2nd October 2021, as part of his tour of the Ashanti Region, President Akufo-Addo said Ghana has been enjoying political stability since 1992…

24 Aug

“Ghana’s Relations With Germany Of Utmost Importance” – President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described Ghana’s relations with Germany as being “of utmost importance”, as Ghana is determined to participate fully in the global market place not on the basis of the exports of raw materials, but on the basis of the exports of things the country makes. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we, in Ghana, are drawing inspiration from the success stories of North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany, because, likewise, we want to build a progressive and prosperous country.” Citing from the oft-cited African proverb, which says, and I quote, “if you want to go…

09 Jun

“FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM A COLLECTIVE ONE; ECOWAS WILL ASSIST BURKINA FASO” – PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsECOWAS, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore

The President of the Republic and Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of States and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the Government and people of Burkina Faso of the commitment of the regional body towards winning the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. Commiserating with President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday, 9th June 2021, in Ouagadougou, following the killing of some one hundred and sixty (160) people on Sunday by unknown militants, President Akufo-Addo stated that the scourge of terrorism must be defeated in West Africa, if citizens…

10 May

Regional Food Security Key To ECOWAS Peace, Development – VP Bawumia

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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has emphasized the importance of a regional food storage system for the ECOWAS sub region in order to ensure food security, peace and accelerated development for the millions of people in West Africa and beyond. Speaking at the virtual International Conference on the West African Food Security Storage System in Accra on Monday May 10, Vice President Bawumia said although individual countries are making efforts towards ensuring local food security, a concerted, collective effort is important to ensure security for all. “At a time when the global community, and indeed Africa, is reeling from…