By Folakemi Popoola, JKNewsMedia Reporter RENEWED CALLS have been made for greater integration among member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to counter regional barriers that continue to hinder economic progress in West Africa. Towards this end, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged ECOWAS nations t...
By Paul Ejime BY THREATENING to expel the joint mission of ECOWAS and the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) from Guinea-Bissau, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who has been ruling his country as a dictator, has not only displayed unacceptable hostility but utter disregard to the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State […]
By Paul Ejime ECOWAS IS struggling to whip its wayward member States into line, but the list of leaders undermining the principles and objectives of the 15-nation West African regional economic bloc is growing. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which proclaimed themselves the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, are making every effort to quit, while [&...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN THE aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and leaving the regional bloc “without delay”, reactions spanned the spectrum from hubris to hyperbole. From Nigeria, the regional anc...
By Joke Kujenya THE ARRIVAL of President Bola Tinubu in Ghana on January 6, 2025, marks his participation in the inauguration of President-elect John Mahama, scheduled for January 7. Nigeria President’s visit follows Mahama’s re-election in December 2024, after serving as Ghana’s 12th president from 2011 to 2017. Mahama will take over from th...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s PRESIDENT, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, on his victory in the December 7 general elections. Tinubu, who is the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), expressed confidence that Mahama’s sec...
By Paul Ejime in Ghana GHANA IS gearing up for its 7th December 2024 general elections as President Nana Akufo-Addo, set to complete his second term on 7th January 2025, assures the nation of a peaceful and credible transition. The president reaffirmed this commitment during a meeting with the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, led by [&hell...
By Paul Ejime GHANA’s NATIONAL Peace Council (NPC) has pledged that all political parties and key stakeholders in the upcoming December 2024 elections will sign a peace accord. This agreement will be facilitated by the NPC to ensure peaceful conduct throughout the electoral process. George Amoh, Executive Secretary of the NPC’s governing board...
By Ali Ocheni MALI, BURKINA Faso and Niger, the three Alliance of Sahel States, with the French acronym AES have so far rebuffed overtures from ECOWAS and the rest of the international community to return to the regional bloc after their threat to withdraw. This has put the future of the ECOWAS grouping in doubt. […]
By Paul Ejime ECOWAS HAS held countless high-level meetings, including regular and extraordinary summits by regional leaders on peace and security issues since the renewed military incursions in politics in the politically restive West African region in 2020. The Abuja summit on Sunday 7th July is no exception. On Saturday 6th July, ahead of t...
