Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

On April 9, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice (ECJ) made a landmark judgment, ...

Heads of State and Government of fifteen West African Countries established ECOWAS when they signed the ECOWAS Treaty on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Nigeria. The Treaty was signed by Benin, Burkina Faso, ...

President Bola Tinubu says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) must undergo bold and comprehensive ...

Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says the exit of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso tested the unity of the Economic ...

Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to work assiduously ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has come up with a master plan to facilitate investment, trade and ...

President Bola Tinubu has called for sweeping reforms within the ECOWAS, stressing that the regional body must evolve to ...

The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has expressed confidence that the regional bloc will emerge stronger following the ...

Ghana is offering 1,000 scholarships to tertiary students from across the ECOWAS sub-region to study in the nation’s universities, President John Dramani Mahama, has announced.This forms part of ...

The Economic Community of West African states (Ecowas) is set to mark 50 years in May 2025. It was established in 1975 by 16 member states. Though seven of the founding leaders had ascended to power ...