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The president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was elected chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 61st ECOWAS Summit in Accra on Sunday (3 July 2022). He takes over the mantle of leadership from Ghana’s president, …

The outgoing chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the President of the Republic of  Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the regional body will not relent in its efforts to ensure that all member states are governed by democratically elected governments.   In his opening …

The 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS heads of state and government will be held in Accra on 3 July 2022, at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel to commemorate the end of Ghana’s President,  Nana Akufo-Addo second year as chair of the bloc.   Akufo-Addo will host his …

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the new Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education of government’s commitment to provide logistics for the execution of her mandate as enshrined in the constitution. He, therefore, urged Kathleen Addy to pursue a stakeholder consultation for the successful …

The leadership of the Economic Community of West Africa met in Accra on Saturday to find a lasting solution to the political situation in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso. At the meeting which was the sixth extraordinary meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and government on the political …

An Associate Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, Kwadwo Appiagyei Atua, has asked the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to move away from just condemning Coup d’etat and address the main issues that influences the decision to overthrow the government. He proposed this on Newsfile as …

The Ghana Police Service says it will temporarily close some major roads in Accra ahead of the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State slated for today, February 3, 2022. A statement signed by Head of Public Affairs Unit, Greater Accra Region Police Command, DSP Juliana Obeng explained that the …

The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Prof. Kwesi Aning, is predicting a couple of coup d’etats in the West African Region. He said if the regional bloc, ECOWAS and the African Union (AU) does not urgently resolve …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed sanctions against individuals and groups who have been identified as obstructing the move by the bloc to restore democratic rule to Mali.   The sanctions, which include travel bans and freeze of financial assets, apply to the entire members of …

Heads of State and governments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have reaffirmed their demand for expeditious return to constitutional rule in the Republics of Guinea and Mali within the shortest possible time. In a communique issued on the 7th of November 2021, after they held an …