Regional integration resulting in greater trade among ECOWAS countries may help increase efficiency of production. Trade among developing countries, in general, is likely to have fewer efficiency ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marked its 50th anniversary. The Golden Jubilee brought together ...

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

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) has again lamented that the withdrawal of ...

On 29 January, the AES countries formally withdrew from ECOWAS after observing the mandatory one-year notice period. The bloc ...

President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Omar Touray, has raised concerns over unofficial payments imposed on travelers, calling for greater transparency and ...

In December 2023, Morocco announced a trade initiative to facilitate Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger's access to the Atlantic Ocean using Moroccan ports after ECOWAS imposed trade restrictions on the the ...

The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called for urgent reforms to reduce ...

Parliament has urged Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to reconsider their decision and return to the regional bloc.The three Sahel countries officially left ECOWAS earlier this year, citing the ...

The consequences of the withdrawal of the three countries for Ecowas as a whole shouldn’t be overstated. Still, it is a telling blow to the organisation. It represents a direct questioning of ...