The handover of the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) to national and regional authorities was recently formalized in Abuja. Read More »

Sierra Leone's President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially opened the 10th Ordinary Session of the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) Mining Week. Read More »

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has recently been recognized with an Honorary Fellowship by the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists. Read More »

HM Customs and Immigration on St Helena is set to begin a six-week intensive training program as part of its agreement with the British Indian Ocean Territory Migrant Agreement MOU. Read More »

The Office of the President has announced that President Adama Barrow will oversee the swearing-in ceremony of the Reparation Commission. Read More »

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has received an Honorary Fellowship from the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists. Read More »

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Small Arms Division, alongside the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), is hosting a meeting in Senegal for a Weapons and Ammunitions Management baseline... Read More »

President Adama Barrow led the quarterly session of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the State House in Banjul. Read More »

A celebration for the St Helena Cloud Forest Project was held at the Speaker's House State Rooms in the Palace of Westminster, London, on April 7, 2025. Read More »

The Western Africa Division of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations hosted a consultative session in New York on April 2, 2025. Read More »

State House, Freetown, 7 April 2025 – President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone met with Neale Richmond, Ireland’s Minister of State for International Development and the Diaspora, who visited the country briefly. Read More »

Professor Adeola Adenikinju, President of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), and Mr. Solomon Terkura Mathew, Head of the NES Secretariat, visited Professor Nazifi Abdullahi Darma, Commissioner for Internal Services at the ECOWAS Commission, in... Read More »

On April 3, 2025, a mission from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrived in Praia, Cape Verde, led by Sediko Douka, the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitisation. Read More »

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio held a formal farewell ceremony on April 4, 2025, at State House, Freetown for the newly appointed Ambassadors-Designate and a Deputy Ambassador-Designate. Read More »

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concluded a two-day workshop on the Regional Geospatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Project in Lomé, Togo. H.E. Mrs. Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission,... Read More »

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio presided over the swearing-in ceremony for Sierra Leone's new Minister of Energy 2, Dr. Abdul Rahim Jalloh, at State House in Freetown. Read More »

The Office of the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission started a four-day staff retreat at Zuma Rock Resort in Niger State, Nigeria. Read More »

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), located in Praia, Cabo Verde, recently hosted the ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy, and Digitalization. Read More »

Sierra Leone has acknowledged the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in promoting the rights of disabled persons, with a particular focus on children. Read More »

Smokefree St Helena has launched a new online referral system aimed at simplifying access to smoking cessation support. Read More »