ECOWAS leaders suspend Mali over second coup
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday suspended Mali from the organisation following political [...] Full text...
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Extraordinary summit on Mali's political crisis begins
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A one-day extraordinary summit by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss the political crisis in Mali began [...] Full text...
Ghana hosts ECOWAS summit on unfolding political events in Mali
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit in Accra on Sunday to address the unfolding [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court: Subject matter index for 16 years to be made available next year
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) -The subject matter index of the Community Court of Justice for 16 years up till 2020 will be available next year as [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court urges regional parliamentarians to help improve enforcement of court decisions
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has charged Community parliamentarians to contribute towards strengthening the [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court promises conducive environment for improved efficiency
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of ECOWAS Court of Justice, Hon. Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has expressed the desire of the management of the [...] Full text...
AU, ECOWAS condemn arrest of Mali Transition President and Prime Minister
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...
ECOWAS envoy to Mali, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives in Bamako to assess the situation in the country
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived in Bamako on Sunday [...] Full text...
Workshop to validate subject matter index of ECOWAS court opens in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A week-long workshop to validate the subject matter index of the ECOWAS Court of Justice opened on Monday, 3rd May, 2021, [...] Full text...
Ghana set to ratify ECOWAS Court protocols
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has begun the process of ratifying all Protocols related to the ECOWAS Court in order to facilitate the enforcement of [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court orders valuation expert to cost losses suffered by 103 claimants against Mali
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court wants an independent expert to determine the value of properties and individual losses suffered by 103 Malians, alleged [...] Full text...
ECOWAS court orders Senegal to remove obstacles to elections
Dakar, Senegal PANA) - The ECOWAS Court Thursday ordered Senegal to remove all obstacles to free participation in the country’s elections, specifically to eliminate the [...] Full text...
Mali to create national committee for transhumance
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government adopted on Thursday a draft decree establishing a National Committee for Transhumance and Conciliation Commission, in response to [...] Full text...
ECOWAS court fixes judgement for June 29 on alleged unlawful detention of Nigerian journalist
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has scheduled 29th of June, 2021, for judgement in a suit brought by a Non-Governmental Organisation [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation seeking to hold the Federal [...] Full text...
ECOWAS court orders Ivorian government to release citizen in pre-trial detention since 2018
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered immediate release by the Cote d’Ivoire government of an Ivorian citizen, Mr. Kodjo Alain Victor Claude, [...] Full text...
European Council approves conclusions on EU's integrated strategy in Sahel region
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday approved conclusions reaffirming the importance of a solid and long-term partnership between the European Union (EU) [...] Full text...
ECOWAS condemns pre-election violence in Benin
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Thursday condemned the pre-election violence recorded in some areas of Benin a few [...] Full text...
105 ECOWAS observers in Benin for upcoming presidential election
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 11 April, 2021, presidential election in [...] Full text...
ECOWAS condemns terror attacks in Côte d'Ivoire
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the latest terror attacks in the localities of Kafolo and [...] Full text...
ECOWAS urges Guinea to reopen its borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday urged the Guinean government to open discussions with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal [...] Full text...
ECOWAS observers arrive in Benin for 11 April presidential election
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An election observation mission from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is in Benin for the 11 April presidential [...] Full text...
Ivorian seeks 1 billion CFA Francs compensation from govt. for alleged violation of his rights
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has scheduled judgment for 23 April 2021 in a case brought by an Ivorian, Mr Kodjo Claude, urging [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court orders immediate release of Venezuelan detained by Cape Verde
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan, Mr Alex Nain Saab Moran, who has been [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court declares its judgment ;not prejudicial' to a third party application filed
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed the application of a third-party applicant, representing 6,500 parties, asking to be included as [...] Full text...
ECOWAS urges Beninese socio-political actors to dialogue for credible, inclusive presidential election
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The pre-electoral mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday invited Beninese socio-political actors to dialogue in anticipation [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court orders Nigerian State govt. to repay US$6.4m to ECOWAS Bank
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the government of Cross River State to repay the sum of US$6,455,846 to the [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders re-elect Ghana President Akufo-Addo for another term
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been re-elected Chairman the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for another one-year [...] Full text...
Malian national committee for people’s salvation, junta dissolved
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Committee for the People’s Salvation (CNSP), the military junta that seized power last 18 August in Mali, was dissolved [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court issues 2020 judicial statistics
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered 261 judgments on a total of 496 cases filed before it since its inception [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court resumes virtual Court Sessions with Cases Involving Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cabo Verde, Mali and Others
ABuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has resumed virtual court sessions with cases Involving Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cabo Verde, Mali and others
Sixty-nine cases would [...] Full text...
Mali: ECOWAS Mediator, Goodluck Jonathan, invites Malians to dialogue for an inclusive transition
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday called on Malians [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator for Mali Goodluck Jonathan arrives in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, at the head [...] Full text...
ECOWAS to send 90 observers to Niger's general elections
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is deploying an electoral observation mission of 90 observers for Sunday's presidential and [...] Full text...
ECOWAS chairman 'encouraged' by developments in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is "very encouraged [...] Full text...
ECOWAS court orders Nigeria to pay 20 million Naira to former death row convicts
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A panel of three judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay [...] Full text...
Guinea to compensate victims of Human Rights Violations
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Republic of Guinea to pay 160 million Guinean francs to each of the [...] Full text...
Former members of Mali’s Military Committee regain freedom
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered the immediate release of 12 former members of the National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy [...] Full text...
ECOWAS offers 793 tons of cereals of food assistance to Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has offered Mali 793 tons of cereals as part of the food and [...] Full text...
Liberia to pay impeached Supreme Court Judge $200,000 for rights violation
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered Liberia to pay Counsellor Kabineh Muhammad Jan’neh, an impeached Judge of the Supreme Court [...] Full text...
ECOWAS deploys observers in Côte d'Ivoire ahead of presidential election
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday deployed a 90-member observer mission to Côte d'Ivoire for the [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Commission Vice President received by Malian Prime Minister
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Vice President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms. Finda Koroma, on a visit [...] Full text...
Senegal ordered to pay 50 Million CFA Francs to Belgian for Rights Violations
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered Senegal to pay 50 million CFA francs as compensation to a Belgian, Mrs Lays Catherine Josephine [...] Full text...
ECOWAS court orders Senegal to file report on how it implemented court judgement
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered Senegal to submit to the Court, within six months, a report on the implementation of its [...] Full text...
ECOWAS court dismisses suit filed by former Acting Director, Regional centre for surveillance and disease control
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has dismissed an application by a physician and former ECOWAS staff, Prof. Abdulsalami Nasidi, alleging that ECOWAS wrongfully [...] Full text...
Pioneer Staff of ECOWAS Court praised for roles in the court's histroy, transformation
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has praised the pioneer staff of the Court for [...] Full text...
ECOWAS and perennial political crises (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - All too soon, but as expected, World attention is shifting from Mali after a frenetic diplomatic fire-fighting following the 18 August [...] Full text...
ECOWAS chairperson says Mali 'on the right track'
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday welcomed the political [...] Full text...
Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo and current Chairman of ECOWAS expected Sunday in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) heads of state [...] Full text...
ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted the sanctions it imposed on Mali since the coup d'état that [...] Full text...