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Two major meetings were held over the weekend that just passed that have implications for the future of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the possible resolution or otherwise of political developments among member-states in the last two to three years, with implications for the future of the sub-regional organization. ECOWAS was […]
Continue ReadingAt the maiden weekly press briefing of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday, President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, said the regional bloc spent over a million dollars to support the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. He said: “ECOWAS is one of the major partners of ECOWAS member states […]
Continue ReadingEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift economic sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja on Saturday. The sanctions are to be lifted with immediate effect. The regional bloc, however, […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday, military authorities in Guinea dissolved the interim government it had put in place since June 2022. They pledged to appoint a new administration. We recall that Colonel Mamady Doumbouya toppled President Alpha Conde in September 2021, in a coup hailed by many Guineans. Conde invited it upon himself by forcing through a controversial […]
Continue ReadingMilitary regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). These countries’ military regimes announced withdrawal from the regional bloc on Sunday, January 28, in a joint statement read out on Niger national television. Leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement […]
Continue ReadingThe Jerusalem Post is arguably Israel’s most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper. Last week Wednesday, it published an interesting report of what it described as a “nature drama” involving a large black snake in the town of Shoham, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The huge snake was “found motionless with an equally […]
Continue ReadingEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic where military coup took place . President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has on Sunday, warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that it is legally obligated to seek the approval of the United Nations Security Council to undertake any military interventions in Niger Republic. See the full statement below: “LEGAL REQUIREMENTS […]
Continue ReadingECOWAS member countries’ defence chiefs met in Abuja, Nigeria, but Defence Chiefs from Mali, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Guinea were conspicuously absent. Defence Chiefs from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, The Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, and Cape Verde were in attendance at the meeting, which took place at the Defence Headquarters […]
Continue ReadingMali and Burkina Faso, in a significant move, have jointly refused to enforce the “illegal, illegitimate, and inhuman” sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the people and authorities of Niger. Both countries, which are currently led by putschists, made their stance clear in a joint press release, emphasizing that […]
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