As part of its mandate to promote free, transparent, and credible elections in the West African region, the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) is deploying a hybrid post-election follow-up and needs assessment mission to Cotonou, Benin, from September 15 to 21, 2024. Read More »

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has successfully harvested 7 tonnes of fish and various agricultural produce from his farm in Mafintha, Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District. This initiative is part of the President’s commitment to leadership by example as he works towards achieving the country’s Food Security Agenda. Read More »

Lungi, Freetown International Airport, Monday, 16 September 2024 — His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has departed for the United Kingdom to deliver the Keynote Address at the fourth edition of the OpenAg Symposium, which will focus on the future of food and agriculture in a changing climate. Read More »

An independent team of policing experts is conducting a review of the Royal St Helena Police (RSHP) from Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 20, 2024. Led by the FCDO Policing Advisor, Andrew Munday, who has spent the past week on Ascension reviewing RSHP activities there, the FCDO-funded review aims to assess the progress made since the previous inspection in 2020. Read More »

The realization of the vision to construct a homogeneous 6-lane dual carriage highway from Abidjan to Lagos, incorporating economic and social development components, achieved a significant milestone with the conclusion of a 4-day technical workshop. This workshop, which included road engineers from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo, aimed to finalize the Detailed Technical Design Study of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Project. The event concluded on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, with a comprehensive review of technical designs and drawings. Read More »

Mark Dickinson, president of the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC), said that the TUC "condemns" the arrest of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero by National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu. Dickinson shared his statement on September 10, shortly after Ajaero was released. Read More »

His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has paid tribute to his late sister, Elizabeth Baby Bio, during her funeral service at St. Joseph’s Catholic Community Church in Tihun. President Bio reflected on the profound loss to the family, describing her passing as one that has left an irreplaceable void. Read More »

The Government of Liberia has adopted two critical Public Financial Management (PFM) regulations aimed at enhancing governance and the efficient management of public resources. The amended and Restated Public Financial Management Regulations and the Revenue Sharing Regulations were officially endorsed during an emergency Cabinet meeting held at the Executive Mansion on Friday, September 13, 2024. Read More »

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has appointed Dr. Joseph Isaac as President of Margibi University, formerly Harbel College in Margibi County. Read More »

Councillor Andrew Turner, as part of a delegation, departed St Helena on Saturday, 7 September 2024, to attend the 6th UK Overseas Territories Forum on the Oversight of Public Finances and Good Governance. The forum was held in Westminster from 10 to 12 September 2024. Further details can be found on the SHG website. Read More »

The ECOWAS Commission, in collaboration with GIZ, is organizing a validation workshop on Records Management Policy and Manual in Lagos from September 9 to 13, 2024. Read More »

The Abidjan-Lagos corridor highway, a priority project of ECOWAS, has advanced towards completing its technical studies with the final validation of revised draft design reports. This milestone was achieved during a four-day workshop that began on September 11, 2024, in Lagos, Nigeria. The event saw the participation of project directors and engineers from the five member countries along the corridor. Read More »

From 10 to 13 September 2024, ECOWAS organized a regional workshop in Conakry as part of the Regional Programme for the Integrated Management of the Fouta Djallon Massif (PRAI-MFD). The workshop aimed to launch and validate tools for the programme under the theme "Issues and challenges of the Preservation of the Fouta Djallon Massif after the transfer of the Programme to ECOWAS." Read More »

The ECOWAS Regional Stabilization and Development Fund (RSDF) officially launched its activities in Benin on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. The initiative is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to promote socio-economic stabilization and recovery in fragile communities within the ECOWAS region. The launch event took place in Cotonou, Benin, with several dignitaries in attendance including Mr. Habib Tidjani, Technical Advisor to the Minister of State for Finance and Economy of Benin; H.E. Amadou Diongue, Resident... Read More »

A recent graduate of the University of Plymouth, Shelby Bargo, has achieved a First-Class Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Science and Marine Conservation. Read More »

Members of the Regional Committee for Disaster Management in West Africa (GECEAO) convened in Abuja from September 10 to 12, 2024, for mid-term consultations. The meeting aimed to review progress on recommendations from the 15th consultations held in Niamey, Niger, in May 2023, as well as the draft ECOWAS recovery roadmap and guidelines for expert rosters. Read More »

The ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC) organized a capacity-building workshop for the ECOWAS Gender Equality Committee (GEC) and other civil society stakeholders from September 9 to 11, 2024, in Accra, Ghana. The event was supported by GIZ and the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa. Read More »

A memorial service will be held at St. James Church on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 12:30 to 13:00, to commemorate the crew of the fishing vessel Argos Georgia. Read More »

The ECOWAS Commission, in partnership with the German Federal Foreign Office, the European Union, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and in close collaboration with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat in Vienna, Austria, has organized an inter-regional study visit aimed at enhancing cyber diplomacy. Read More »

During the quarterly Presidential Delivery Forum at the State House in Banjul, the Ministry of Agriculture reported distributing eleven thousand bags of fertilizer at no cost, separate from heavily subsidized fertilizer for farmers. Additionally, over 200 metric tonnes of rice seeds and 400 tonnes of maize seeds were distributed to farmers nationwide at no charge. The Ministry also reported ploughing over nine thousand hectares of land for farmers and subsidizing costs to increase crop yields by promoting healthy plant growth. Read More »