Tag: ECOWAS
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Despite pleas to return, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso military leaders celebrate divorce from ECOWAS
…endorse Confederation Treaty Despite pleas to return, the military regimes of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso marked their divorce from the rest of West Africa Saturday, with Niger’s ruling general saying the junta-led countries have “turned their backs on” the regional bloc. Notably, Senegal’s new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said in late May that reconciliation…
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ECOWAS court dismisses NGO’s human violation suit against Nigeria
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a suit filed by a non-governmental organization (NGO) over alleged claims of human rights violations against Nigeria, for want of evidence. The NGO, the Registered Trustees of Human and Environmental Development Agenda
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ECOWAS parliament swears in first female Speaker
Parliament member from Togo, Mrs Maimunatu Ibrahima, has been sworn in as the first female Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament.
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Junta led Burkina Faso, Niger Republic, Mali absent as ECOWAS holds sixth legislature in Kano
Twelve out of 15 member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) converged in Kano for the sixth legislature. The twelve available states came together to discuss member states’ socio-economic, political, security, and other challenges confronting the regional organization.
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DSP Barau emerges as acting Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament
Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has emerged as the acting Speaker of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Senator Barau, who is the leader of the Nigerian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, emerged during the inaugural…
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Tinubu sends congratulatory message to Senegal president-elect, Faye
Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu has sent congratulatory messages to the president-elect f Senegal, Bassirou Faye Tinubu’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement on Wednesday by Ajuri Ngelale, a presidential Spokesperson
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Setback as ECOWAS single currency roadmap suffers significant decline
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hopes and aspirations of using a single currency as legal tender in member nations has again suffered a major decline.
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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit seeking N110m compensation for slain journalists
T he ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday in Abuja dismissed a petition filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA), an NGO, seeking to compel the Nigerian government to pay N10 million reparation each to the families of 11 deceased journalists. MRA had in the suit filed in 2021 also sought to compel the Nigerian government
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Will the Humble Pie Heal ECOWAS? – By Azu Ishiekwene
The resolutions following the Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the recently concluded summit of Heads of State and Government in Abuja, were truly extraordinary. Seven months after threatening to deploy force in Niger, one of the four delinquent states –
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Why we lifted sanctions on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso – ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security.