Former President Goodluck Jonathan has safely left Guinea-Bissau after a sudden military takeover upended the country’s electoral process. Jonathan had been in the country leading the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission during last Sunday’s presidential and legislative polls. Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the former president’s...
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The annual technical meeting of experts on the Surveillance of Priority Zoonotic Diseases as an entry point for operationalizing the “One Health” approach in the ECOWAS region, opened in Accra, Ghana on Monday with several high-level speakers stressing the crucial importance of the integrated approach for the prevention and...
Halifax, October 28, 2025 — The international health community gathered this week in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the 32nd Canadian Global Health Conference (CGHC). This event, considered the most important in Canada in its field, brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, students, civil society representatives, and private sector stakeholders each...
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to designate resource theft particularly illegal mining, and mineral smuggling as international crimes, warning that the menace poses a grave threat to the peace, stability, and economic prosperity of the subregion The President made the...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has organized a workshop in Monrovia, Liberia, to advance regional cooperation in medical evaluation, harmonising immunisation days, and creating a regional procurement system for health commodities. The three-day workshop was declared opened on Monday by Liberia’s Assistant Minister of...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – A non-governmental organisation (NGO),known as the Centre for Community Law (CfCL), has dragged the Nigerian Government before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) for “failure to enforce the prohibition of gas flaring and gas emissions… in violation of its international obligations under the human rights...
David Aguele, a Nigerian citizen, and the Centre for Community Law (CfCL), an NGO, have jointly sued the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Council of Ministers at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ), challenging the regional organisation’s decision to retain in its employment staff members from Mali, Burkina...
The 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ECOWAS Regional Network of Reference Laboratories is underway in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The two-day AGM opened in the Ivoirian capital on Friday, less than 12 hours after the close of the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference (#ELFIC2025), which was organised...
This collaboration marks a major step forward in epidemic surveillance and control in the region. A high-level visit sealed a crucial alliance for West African health security on Tuesday as Dr. Diarrassouba Mamadou, Executive Director of the ECOWAS Regional Center for Disease Surveillance and Control (ECOWAS-RCSDC), paid a working...
The second ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference (#ELFIC2025), opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, today with the theme “Beyond Borders: Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Combat Lassa and Emerging Infectious Diseases.” Organised by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), in partnership with regional and international collaborators, the four-day conference will be dedicated to addressing...
The second ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference (#ELFIC2025), is to open in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on September 8, with the theme “Beyond Borders: Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Combat Lassa and Emerging Infectious Diseases.” Scheduled to last till September 11, 2025, the conference, which will be declared open by Côte...
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National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), has reported 775 convictions across eight phases of terrorism-related trials in Nigeria, showcasing the country’s commitment to combating terrorism through legal and rehabilitative measures. National Coordinator of NCTC, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, announced this milestone during his address at...
Approximately 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State have received critical humanitarian support through a partnership between the ECOWAS Peace Fund and UCARE Nigeria. The initiative aims to alleviate the hardships faced by displaced individuals and their host communities. UCARE Nigeria’s Communications Officer, Paul Uche, shared details of...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is mobilizing approximately $2.61 billion to activate its proposed 5,000-strong Standby Force, aimed at combating terrorism and stabilizing the region, according to Dr. Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission. Speaking at a joint meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Finance and Defence...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unveiled plans to establish a robust 260,000-member rapid deployment counter-terrorism brigade to bolster security across the subregion. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, announced this initiative during the first African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit in Abuja on Monday,...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is championing a €4.5 million initiative to advance integrated school feeding models across its member states, fostering sustainable practices that enhance scalability and impact. At the National Policy Forum on “Institutionalisation and Implementation of the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme for Sustainable Economic...
Respected Ghanaian journalist and publisher, Ben Asante has died. The renowned war correspondent passed on August 12 in Accra after a prolonged illness. Asante reported and commented extensively on politics and social development across Africa for over fifty years. Asante was one of the frontline journalists during the Liberian...
In its bid to strengthen regional health governance to optimize the response to emerging and re-emerging health threats within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC), has moved to the operational stage with a Technical Advisory Council (TAC), to...
Nigerian Army has prepared 173 personnel for a peacekeeping operation in Guinea Bissau under the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission (ESSMGB). The training took place at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre (MLAILPKC) in Jaji, Kaduna State. Chief of Operations Army, Maj.-Gen. Uwem Bassey, represented by Maj.-Gen....