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...
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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...
ECOWAS to rule on Nov. 18 in case brought by two Nigerians on death row
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Judgment has been scheduled for 18 November, 2020, by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in a case brought by Abu Dennis [...] Full text...
Hearing in Environmental degradation case against Nigeria continues Oct. 27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Hearing will continue on 27 October, 2020, at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in a case brought by 11 persons, representing [...] Full text...
Final version of Charter of Transition in Mali published in official gazette
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The final version of the Transition Charter put in place after the 18 August coup d'état, as demanded by the Economic [...] Full text...
ECOWAS, US and Algeria welcome efforts by the junta for transition in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Sanctions taken by the Economic Community of West African States against Mali will soon to be lifted, the Community's Permanent Representative [...] Full text...
ECOWAS will lift sanctions on Mali after its requirements are met
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Resident Representative in Mali of the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Prof. [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator on Malian crisis, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Malian crisis, arrived here [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court set to resume after annual vacation
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine cases have been listed for judgment by the ECOWAS Court between the 7 and 28 October 2020, following the resumption [...] Full text...
Benin imported less from ECOWAS in second quarter this year
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin imported less goods from its partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during the first quarter this [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders agree 18-month transition in Mali
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - West African leaders on Tuesday accepted the proposal of the Mali military junta for an 18-month transition period.
A communique issued at [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders insist on Mali junta to have civilian leader in transition
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday insisted that the military junta in Mali accepts its conditions, including [...] Full text...
LEAD: ECOWAS Consultative meeting seeks 'finality' to Mali crisis
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday began a one-day consultative meeting on Mali after the [...] Full text...
President of the Malian military junta received by President of Ghana
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNPS), the military junta that seized power on 18 [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders arrive in Ghana for consultative meeting on Mali crisis
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Several leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have arrived in Ghana for a one-day Consultative Meeting on [...] Full text...
Delegation of military junta in Accra for ECOWAS mini-summit on Malian crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A delegation of the National Committee for the People’s Salvation (CNPS), headed by its chairman, Colonel Assimi Goita, left here Monday [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court Judge proposes new approaches to improve enforcement of court decisions
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A judge of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Dupe Atoki, has expressed concern at the ‘unsatisfactory’ level of enforcement of [...] Full text...
Ghana to host ECOWAS Consultative meeting on Mali
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana will on Tuesday host an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Consultative Meeting on Mali’s political crisis, Information Minister [...] Full text...
ECOWAS issues ultimatum to Malian junta to name civilian President and Prime Minister
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the military junta in Mali [...] Full text...
Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo elected ECOWAS Chairman
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Monday elected new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...
57th ECOWAS ordinary Summit opens in Niamey
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 57th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Buhari departs for Niger Republic for ECOWAS summit
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, will depart Abuja on Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic, to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of [...] Full text...
ECOWAS leaders want immediate civilian transition in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Friday called for the establishment of immediate civilian [...] Full text...
Mali: ECOWAS proposes a transition, led by a civilian president, for one year
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Meeting for the second time this Friday, on the situation in Mali, the Heads of State and Government of the [...] Full text...
Second extraordinary ECOWAS summit on Mali opens Friday
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened their second extraordinary summit [...] Full text...
Benin's exports to ECOWAS increased in first quarter of 2020
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Exports of Beninese products to countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) increased by 13.7 per cent during [...] Full text...
Mali: Military junta, ECOWAS made significant progress after three-day meeting in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PAegional NA) - The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), a military junta that took power last Tuesday in Mali, [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire: ECOWAS frowns at violence in run-up to presidential election
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday expressed concern about the violence observed in [...] Full text...
Mali coup: Mali plunges into period of uncertainty – humanitarian bodies
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The forced resignation of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Tuesday, when soldiers arrested him at gunpoint, has plunged the West [...] Full text...
ECOWAS wants sanctions against 18 August coup makers in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Thursday decided, in addition to the economic sanctions issued against Mali, to apply [...] Full text...
Nigeria stands by ECOWAS, calls for immediate release of former President Keita and return of constitutional govt in Mali
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments in calling for the immediate release [...] Full text...