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| ECOWAS | | Last Updated 26/07/2010 18:57:00 |
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 | Heads of ECOWAS National Meteorological Services meet in Abuja | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ninth meeting of the Committee of Heads of National Meteorological Services from ECOWAS member states opened in Abuja Monday with Minister of Aviation, Fidelia Njeze, tasking directors of meteorological services to evolve appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies to help combat the negative effect of climate change in the sub-region.
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| ECOWAS hails 'quantum leap' in journey to constitutional rule in Niger | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h
as hailed Niger's military government for releasing its 12-month transition prog
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amme to restore democracy to the West African nation, which until the military i
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tervention of February 2010 had been embroiled in political crisis over the viol
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tion of the constitution by deposed President Mahamadou Tandja.
23/05/2010 full text... |
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| Guinea to uphold 27 June election date | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Guinea's Interim Head of State, Brig.-Gen. Sekouba Konat
e, has re-stated his commitment to holding presidential elections 27 June 2010,
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ccording to a communique issued by the International Contact Group on Guinea (IC
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-G), which met in the nation's capital, Conakry, last weekend.
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| ECOWAS Youth and Sports ministers to met in Dakar | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports of membe
r countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold
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week long meeting in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, from Wednesday, according t
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an official communique.
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| Private sector to join ECOWAS' negotiation with EU on EPA | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The private sector in West Africa is to be drafted into
ongoing negotiations between ECOWAS and the European Union (EU) over the Economi
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Partnership Agreement (EPA) for a free trade area of the two regions, according
to decisions reached Friday after a two-day meeting of the West African minister
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responsible for the negotiation in Bamako, Mali.
08/05/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS condoles with Nigeria over Yar'Adua's death | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission said Thursday it received,
"with a profound sense of shock and sadness" the death of Nigeria's
President Musa Yar'Adua, who until his death Wednesday night held the
rotational chairmanship of the Authority of Heads of State and Government
of ECOWAS.
06/05/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS military chiefs in Guinea Bissau on fact-finding mission | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A four-member delegation of ECOWAS Chiefs of
Defence Staff arrived in Guinea Bissau on Monday, on a fact-finding
mission in connection with the 1 April incident by a section of the
country's armed forces that resulted in the brief detention of the Prime
Minister and the Chief of Defence Staff.
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| Gambia urged to comply with ECOWAS court verdict | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The opposition party, Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has urged government to comply with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court verdict on disappeared journalist, Chief Ebrima Manneh, PANA reported Sunday.
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| ECOWAS military delegation due in Guinea Bissau Monday | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A four-member delegation of West African military chiefs is due in
Guinea Bissau Monday (3 May) on a fact-finding mission over last month's incident by
a section of the country’s military that resulted in the brief detention of the Prime Minister
and the Chief of Defence Staff, PANA reported Sunday.
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| Gambia to host meeting on trade in ECOWAS | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) will
host a three-day stakeholders conference on "Facilitating Intra-ECOWAS and Cross
Border Trade" here Monday, the Chamber said in a statement.
29/04/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS joint commission meets in Dakar | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The meeting for the joint commission of the Economic Com
munity of West African States (ECOWAS) opened on Tuesday in Dakar, the Senegales
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capital, to find alternative solutions to financing for the sub-regional instit
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tion.
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| Nigeria's opposition party hails ECOWAS military for backing democracy | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Opposition Action Congress (AC) party has hail
ed West African military chiefs for their moves to strengthen democracy in the s
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b-region by agreeing, in a resolution at their 27th meeting in Benin Republic la
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t week, that military intervention in ECOWAS member states will no longer be tol
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rated.
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| ECOWAS training exercise ends | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The week-long Field Training Exercise for the Eastern Ba
ttalion of the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) rounded off in Ketou, Benin Republic,
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aturday, with dignitaries witnessing the closing session.
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| ECOWAS bank to finance construction of hotel in Accra | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has pr
ovided a loan of US$ 6 million to partially finance the construction of a hotel
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n Accra, the capital of Ghana, PANA learnt from the Lome-based regional bank her
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on Friday.
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| Unconstitutional change of govt outdated - Nigeria's defence chief | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Paul Dike, said Thursday the protection of all democratic values should be the
fundamental objectives of all militaries in the region, as a way of instilling
the culture of their non-interference in the politics of member-states.
15/04/2010 full text... |
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| Meeting of ECOWAS defence chiefs opens in Cotonou | | Cotonou, Benin Republic (PANA) - ECOWAS defence chiefs opened their 27th session
here Thursday, against the
background of the multilateral and multidisciplinary major Field Training Exerci
se aimed at validating the Eastern Battalion
of the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF).
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| ECOWAS defence chiefs to discuss Guinea Bissau crisis | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS defence chiefs will discuss the situation in Guinea Bissau at their meeting in Cotonou, Benin,
13-15 April, as part of the continuing efforts to resolve the crisis, according to a statement from the ECOWAS Commission.
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| UN, AU, ECOWAS to ensure stability in Guinea Bissau | | New York, US (PANA) - The UN is working closely with African Union (AU) and ECOW
AS to support national efforts
on sustainable stability in Guinea Bissau, according to the UN Secretary-General
â?s Special Representative for Guinea Bissau,
Joseph Mutaboba.
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| AU/ECOWAS/UN delegation heads to Guinea Bissau | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A tripartite delegation comprising top officials of ECOW
AS, African Union (AU) and the UN
headed to Guinea Bissau Saturday to help calm things down in the wake of Thursda
y's apparent coup attempt by
renegade troops in the West African nation, ECOWAS sources said.
03/04/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS warns against coup in Guinea Bissau | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In an unusually strong statement, ECOWAS Thursday warned
of 'robust response and dire consequences'' if renegade
troops in Guinea Bissau overthrow the country's elected government.
01/04/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS moves to check proliferation of arms in W/Africa | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has appealed to its European Union (EU) partners to help limit the influx into West Africa of small arms and light weapons which had contributed to more than a decade of instability in the region and has the potential to undermine its efforts to promote democracy and good governance.
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| 'Era of coups in West Africa over' | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Commission President James Victor Gbeho has decla
red that the â?era of coups is overâ?
in West Africa, following years of political instability highlighted by military
intervention in the governance of member states.
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| Inadequate legal instrument hinders efforts to curb money laundering | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Inadequate legal instrument has been fingered as one of
the factors militating against efforts at curbing increased money laundering and
terrorism in the Africa, according to Dr. Abdullahi Shehu, Director General, Int
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r-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa.
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| Confab on peace process wants ECOWAS mechanisms strengthened | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Participants in a week-long international conference to
commemorate and evaluate 20 years of ECOWAS' involvement in
peace processes which took place in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, have called
on ECOWAS to strengthen its mechanisms to ensure the
enforcement of the Constitutional Convergence Principles contained in the instit
utionâ?s 2001 Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.
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| ECOWAS launches Youth Volunteers' programme | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James
Victor Gbeho, has called on West African youth to say âśNOâť to violence and
join in the peace-building efforts of the ECOWAS Community.
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| Africa launches two-pronged campaign against human trafficking | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa has launched a new two-pronged campaign to address the challenges of trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, through regional workshops and the launching of the African Union’s Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) in the Regional Economic Communities (RECs).
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| New ECOWAS boss comes with wealth of experience, energy | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - New ECOWAS Commission President James Victor Gbeho, who recently assumed duty at the Commission's headquarters in Abuja,
Nigeria, is touting his wealth of experience and energy as key in helping to accomplish the goals of ECOWAS during his short tenure.
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| ECOWAS President Gbeho visits Togo | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The President of the Economic Community of West African Stat
es (ECOWAS) Commission, James Victor Gbeho, has paid a one-day official visit to
Togo in connection with the Presidential election held recently in that country.
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| Ministers adopt Plan for Implementation of ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ministers of ECOWAS member states in charge of Defence and Security have adopted the Five-year Plan of Action for the Implementation of the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), Their Ammunition and Other Related Materials as well as the Database for the Management of the Exemption Process.
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| ECOWAS ministers of defence, security meet in Abuja | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ministers of Defence and Security in ECOWAS member state
s will meet in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for
two days starting Tuesday to review and adopt the Plan of Action for the Impleme
ntation of the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms
and Light Weapons (SALW), Their Ammunition and Other Related Materials as well a
s the Database to Manage the Exemption Process, an ECOWAS statement said.
15/03/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS, EU to resume EPA negotiations shortly | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African negotiators expect unequivocal commitment f
rom the European Union (EU) to a proposed Development Fund for West Africa when
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oth regions resume negotiations on 17 March for a new trade regime to create a f
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ee trade area, according to a press release from the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja,
the Nigerian capital.
13/03/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS, UEMOA to train regional statisticians | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A training programme for regional officials involved wit
h the compilation of external trade statistics
in ECOWAS and UEMOA Member States is due to start in Lome, Togo, Monday, an ECOW
AS Commission statement
said Thursday.
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| ECOWAS holds course for senior military commanders | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The chairman of Nigeria's Senate Committee on Defence/Ar
my, Ibrahim Ida, on Friday called for a national policy which would integrate th
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three core components of Peace Support Operations (PSOs) â" military, police an
d civilians â" in West African countries.
05/03/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS to transform area to borderless region | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),
in its move to transform the area into a borderless region with a view to bringi
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g citizens closer together and promoting regional integration, Tuesday began a t
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o-day cross-border cooperation meeting in Banjul, PANA reported from here.
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| ECOWAS calls for peaceful polls in Togo | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h
as urged the stakeholders in Togo's forthcoming
elections to continue to put the interest of their country over and above all pa
rtisan interests and to contribute to the successful conduct of a peaceful, cred
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ble and transparent election on 4 March 2010.
01/03/2010 full text... |
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| Cape Verde backs AU, ECOWAS positions on Niger coup | | Praia, Cape-Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde on Saturday threw its weight behind the Af
rican Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) whic
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are demanding the return to constitutional legality in Niger following Thursday
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s coup that ousted the regime of president Mamadou Tandja.
20/02/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS sends three-man delegation to Niger | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The 15-member regional bloc Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS) Friday
sent a three-member delegation to Niamey, Niger, in the wake of the
military coup that ousted President Mamadou Tandja
Thursday, ECOWAS sources told PANA here.
19/02/2010 full text... |
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| ECOWAS environment ministers to meet in Benin | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Environment ministers from the 15 countries of the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on Thursday in
Cotonou to assess the pragmatic approach within the framework of the Fund for
Global Environment (FED), official sources said on Wednesday in the Beninese
economic capital.
17/02/2010 full text... |
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| West African leaders ask CAF to rescind Togo ban | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Standing in solidarity with one of their own, West Afric
an leaders have asked the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
to rescind its decision suspending Togo from two Africa Cup of Nations tournamen
ts for pulling out of the last edition of the competition in Angola.
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| Ghana's Gbeho to serve out Chambas term as ECOWAS boss (Corrected) | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghana's veteran diplomat James Victor Gbeho will serve o
ut the four-year tenure of ECOWAS Commission President
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, who steps down from the post next month to allow him resume
duty as the Secretary-General of the Brussels-based Secretariat of
the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group.
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| Ghana to serve out Chambas term as ECOWAS boss | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghana will serve out the four-year tenure of ECOWAS Comm
ission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas,
who steps down from the post next month to allow him resume duty as the Secretar
y-General of the Brussels-based Secretariat of
the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, PANA has learnt.
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| I leave with fond memories of ECOWAS - Chambas | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Commission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas Tuesday
addressed his last ECOWAS Summit,
saying ''my heart will always remain in this our cherished institution, which ha
s served as my home for the past nine years.''
Chambas is leaving to become the Secretary-General of the Brussels-based Secreta
riat of the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
group, after he was appointed to the post 17 Nov. 2009.
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| ECOWAS, WAFU to send joint delegation to CAF over Togo | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) a
nd the West African Football Union (WAFU) are to send a joint delegation to Frid
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y's meeting of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football
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CAF), in an effort to get the football governing
body to rescind its suspension of Togo, ECOWAS Commission President Mohamed Ibn
Chambas announced Tuesday.
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| Gambiaâ?s 'torture' case resumes at ECOWAS Court | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The torture case involving Gambian government and a jour
nalist, Musa Saidykhan, is set to resume 17 February, with the latter and his do
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tor expected to testify before the sub-regional ECOWAS Community Court sitting i
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Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, PANA reported Monday.
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| ECOWAS accredits 6 more Ambassadors | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Mohamed Ibn
Chambas, has received credentials from six
more Ambassadors accredited to ECOWAS as their countriesâ? permanent representa
tives to the regional institution.
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| ECOWAS wants CAF to rescind Togo ban | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Mohamed Ibn
Chambas, has called on the President of the
Confederation of African Football (CAF) to â?rescind its harsh and insensitive
action against Togoâ?.
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| Twice postponed ECOWAS summit holds Tuesday | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2009 end-of-year ordinary summit of the Economic Com
munity of West African States (ECOWAS), postponed
twice because of the illness of Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, is set to ho
ld Tuesday in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, ECOWAS said Thursday.
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| Twice postponed ECOWAS summit holds Tuesday | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2009 end-of-year ordinary summit of the Economic Com
munity of West African States (ECOWAS), postponed
twice because of the illness of Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, is set to ho
ld Tuesday in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, ECOWAS said
Thursday.
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| ECOWAS, India business group sign MOU | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) a
nd the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Thursday s
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gned a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on trade relations.
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| ECOWAS welcomes Guinea's commitment to conducive polls | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h
as welcomed the statement by second Vice President of Guinea's National Council
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or Democracy and Development (CNDD), General Sekouba Konate, on the commitment o
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the authorities to establish favourable conditions for a rapid return to consti
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utional order.
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| Japan appoints representative to ECOWAS | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Japanese government has appointed Toshitsugu Uesawa
as
the country's ambassador to Abuja, to be its first representative to the Economi
c Community for West Africa's States (ECOWAS), official sources said on Monday.
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| Yar'Adua's ill-health: ECOWAS leaders shop for new chairman | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The failure of President Umaru Yarâ?Adua to return to N
igeria, 28 days after he left for medical treatment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has
taken a negative toll on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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eads of State and Government Summit which was scheduled to be held Monday, accor
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ing to the Nigerian Tribune.
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| ECOWAS postpones ordinary Summit till January | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h
as postponed its Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Government from 21 Decem
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er, 2009, to 18 January, 2010, PANA reported Wednesday.
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| ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff meet in Freetown next week | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff will hold their last
quarterly meeting for 2009 from 9-11 December in Freetown, the capital of Sierra
Leone, to consider issues relating to the structure of the ECOWAS Standby Force
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ain Brigade (ESF/MB).
04/12/2009 full text... |
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| Meeting of regional aviation chiefs hold in Ghana | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The inaugural meeting of sectoral Chief Executive Officers
for aviation, airports, air navigation services and airlines of West Africa ope
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ed here Thursday to consider various issues relating to the sector,
an ECOWAS Commission statement said.
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