ECOWAS imposes graduated sanctions on Guinea
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at an extraordinary [...] Full text...
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Guinean government says ready for ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea is not afraid of the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), scheduled to take place [...] Full text...
ECOWAS region to get an agency in charge of education soon
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning to set up an agency in charge of education, sources close [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator ends second round of talks in Guinea
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the Guinea crisis, former Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi, [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator for Guinea expected in Conakry on Sunday
Cotonou Benin (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator for Guinea, former Beninese President Boni Yayi, will arrive in Conakry next [...] Full text...
ECOWAS 'deeply concerned' about increasing socio-economic tension in Guinea
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed "deep concern" about the increasing socio-political tension in Guinea as political [...] Full text...
Guinean government denies ECOWAS chairman's statement on duration of transition
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government denied Thursday a statement of the current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and [...] Full text...
ECOWAS and Burkina Faso reach consensus on transition period
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Burkina Faso on Sunday reached a consensus on a two-year transition [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Commission strongly condemns terrorist attack at Mali military base
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has strongly condemned Friday's terrorist attack carried out with vehicle-borne [...] Full text...
Mali to launch Joint Monitoring Mechanism for political transition
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Joint Monitoring Mechanism of the Transition timetable to constitutional rule in Mali will be launched on Thursday in Bamako.
The Mediator [...] Full text...
ECOWAS chairman ends working visit to Guinea
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinea-Bissau head of state and current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Umaro Sissaco Embaló, on [...] Full text...
High-level ECOWAS delegation expected in Guinea to push junta on acceptable transition timetable
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A high-level delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is expected to hold talks with the military junta [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator for Guinea expected in Conakry on Wednesday
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Guinean, former Beninese President Thomas Boni Yayi, is expected [...] Full text...
US says it is 'encouraged' by outcome of ECOWAS summit on Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "encouraged" by the outcomes of last Sunday's summit of the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
Guinea welcomes appointment of former Beninese President Yayi Boni as ECOWAS mediator
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Political actors and civil society organisations in Guinea have welcomed Sunday's appointment of former Beninese President Thomas Yayi Boni as a [...] Full text...
ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Mali
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali [...] Full text...
'Burkinabe government willing to reach consensual transition duration with ECOWAS'
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government is willing to reach a consensual duration of the transition with the Economic Community of West African [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders warned terrorists also targeting coastal states
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 61st ordinary session of the Economic Comminity of West African States (ECOWAS) opened in Accra on Sunday with a warning [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator for Burkina Faso arrives in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Burkina Faso, Mahamadou Issoufou, arrived here on Friday.
He [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator welcomes progress made by Mali's Transitional Government
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, says here Thursday [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator for Mali in Mali since Thursday
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, has been in Mali [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator welcomes Burkinabe junta leader's 'openness to dialogue'
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's military leader, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, on Saturday met with the Mediator of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
ECOWAS condemns massacre of 79 civilians in Burkina Faso's Sahel
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has condemned the latest terrorist attack which left 79 [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso party rejects former Niger president Issoufou as ECOWAS mediator
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The party of former Burkina Faso president, Blaise Compaoré, on Sunday rejected the choice of the former president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, [...] Full text...
ECOWAS to launch mass vaccination campaign against ovine rinderpest
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission will on Friday launch the mass vaccination campaign against ovine rinderpest (PPR) [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders postpone decisions on Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - West African leaders on Saturday postponed taking decisions on Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, whose military juntas have failed to provide [...] Full text...
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls for compromise between ECOWAS and Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is calling for a compromise between the Malian junta and the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
Committee of Chiefs of Staff of ECOWAS Member States to hold extraordinary meeting in Ghana
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Accra, the capital of Ghana, will host from 5-6 May 2022 an extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Chiefs of [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso, Guinea ask ECOWAS for more time to propose timetable for transitions
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has received proposals from Burkina Faso and the Republic of Guinea over [...] Full text...
Benin has better sales in ECOWAS by end of 2021
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin sold more goods to countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during the fourth quarter of 2021, [...] Full text...
Demonstrators call for Mali's outright withdrawal from ECOWAS
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Hundreds of people demonstrated on Friday in Bamako, the Malian capital, and in Kayes, in the west of the country, to [...] Full text...
ECOWAS investment bank secures $100 million credit line from India Exim Bank
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and India Exim Bank, London, have signed a commercial credit line agreement for [...] Full text...
ECOWAS to inaugurate Hq of Regional Maritime Safety Centre in Abidjan
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Regional Maritime Safety Centre for West Africa (CRESMAO) based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, will be officially inaugurated on Thursday, [...] Full text...
Guinean junta disapproves of ECOWAS leaders' demand for clear transition timeline
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean military junta has dismissed the demand of heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...
ECOWAS "very concerned" about duration of transition in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said Friday it was "very concerned" by the three-year period proposed by [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders ask Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso for clear timelines for return to constitutional rule
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States rose from their one-day emergency meeting in Accra on Friday [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders hold meeting to discuss situations in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened a day's emergency meeting in Accra on Friday to discuss [...] Full text...
Mali turns down participation in ECOWAS summit
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has turned down participation in the emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the country's [...] Full text...
ECOWAS invites Malian president to Accra, but says will be represented
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have invited Mali to an extraordinary summit [...] Full text...
Malian junta leader invited to ECOWAS Summit in Accra on Friday
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has invited the Malian transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita, to an [...] Full text...
Mali and ECOWAS fail to agree on timetable for transition
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, ended a visit [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator for Mali calls on President of Transition
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, arrived here [...] Full text...
ECOWAS ready to support Burkina Faso in implementation of the Transition
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has [...] Full text...
ECOWAS delegation arrives in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led by the Ghanaian minister of foreign affairs and [...] Full text...
ECOWAS condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the military invasion of Ukraine by Russia and called on both [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator for Mali received by President of Transition
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who is also the mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, [...] Full text...
ECOWAS to jump-start power market with $568 million power line
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 330-kilowatt interconnection line to supply electricity from Nigeria to Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin and [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Council of the Wise urged to intensify peace efforts
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Members of the reconstituted ECOWAS Council of the Wise (CoW) have been urged to “play a more active role in mediation [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator on Mali expected in Bamako on Thursday
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission announced on Monday that Goodluck Jonathan, ECOWAS mediator for Mali, would carry out a mission to Bamako [...] Full text...
Malian government sets up mechanism for continuation of dialogue with ECOWAS
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken note of the Malian government's communiqué of 9 February on the [...] Full text...