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18 Aug

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

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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…

31 Jul

Akufo-Addo Attends ECOWAS Meeting As Niger Is Slapped With Multiple Sanctions

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was in Abuja, Nigeria on July 30 to attend an extraordinary meeting of West African leaders under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc. The meeting was to deliberate on the Niger coup that toppled democratically elected Mohamed Bazoum with a junta led by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani taking over. At the end of the meeting, a slew of sanctions were slapped on the country including: 1. Closure of land and air borders between ECOWAS countries and Niger; 2. Institution of ECOWAS no-fly zone on all commercial flights to and from Niger; 3. Suspension…

28 Jul

West Africans Must Oppose All Sorts Of Military Takeovers Within The Authority Of The ECOWAS – Akufo-Addo

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged West Africans to oppose all sorts of military takeovers within the authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Ghanaian president thinks that Africans should not support what he calls the unconstitutional method of changing administrations in the sub-region. President Akufo-Addo made the call at Liberia’s 147th Independence Day celebrations. He stated that insecurity in West Africa must disappear for development to take place. “It is incumbent that we all stand together in our generation to defeat the menace of coups and guarantee the peace and stability which are essential to the…

13 Jul

ECOWAS Court Dismisses Suit Against Aygapa Royalties Deal

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The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) has thrown out a law suit brought against the Government of Ghana seeking to challenge the propriety of a Gold Royalties Monetisation Transaction also known as the Agyapa deal. This is according to a report by Graphic.com.gh The development comes after three anti-corruption groups; Transparency International, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) and the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) dragged government to the ECOWAS court back in December 2020. The groups in their suit prayed for the Court to grant an order seeking to halt the transaction of the Agyapa Royalties deal. They further argued that…

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…

21 Mar

ECOWAS Holds E-Commerce Strategic Validation Meeting In Accra

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The fifth regional meeting on the development of an ECOWAS E-commerce strategy (ECS) has been held in Accra, Ghana. The two-day programme from Monday, March 20, 2023, to Tuesday, March 21, 2023, aims at validating the draft of the ECOWAS e-commerce strategy for onward transmission to Ministers of Trade through their Senior Officials. According to the Acting Director of Trade at ECOWAS, Kolawole Sofola, “The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is developing the ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy (ECS), with the support of UNCTAD, to assist the region in its efforts to use technology to accelerate structural change and…

26 Sep

ECOWAS Regulators To Meet In Ghana Over Regional Electricity Market

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Regulators and operators of electricity in West Africa will meet in Accra to review some developments in the regional market. The three-day meeting will start on Monday, September 26 and end on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, a statement issued by the Department of Communication, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) said. With the imminent launch of the second phase of the regional electricity market, ERERA is expected to put in place the enabling regulatory framework which will help in fast-tracking the development of the regional electricity market. The experts would, among others, consider the Detailed Rules and Procedures for Market…