The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) heads of states have gone into a closed door meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss the recent coup d’état in Niger Republic. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the meeting is attended by the ECOWAS Chairman and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, as well as the presidents of Sierra…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to immediately take measures to ensure the execution of the judgment of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, which ruled on July 14, 2022 that the indefinite suspension of access to Twitter in Nigeria by Federal Government in June 2021 was unlawful and violated the provisions of…
Accra, capital of Ghana, will host from May 5 to 6, 2022, an extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Chiefs of Staff Committee. On this occasion, the senior officers will discuss together the implementation of the recommendations resulting from their 41st session held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from November 17 to 19, 2021 devoted to the analysis of…
An extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Commission has ended in Accra with heads of states giving extended timelines to the coup countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea to initiate processes towards the return to democratic and constitutional rule. According to the Commission, states that may fail to comply with the new timelines will risk…
The Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in Extraordinary Session on 25 March 2022 in Accra, Republic of Ghana, under the chairmanship of HE Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa AKUFO-ADDO, President of the Republic of Ghana and current President of the Assembly. This Extraordinary Session…
The revenue mobilization of Nigeria and Niger Republic can be improved if the revenue authorities of both countries work together to deepen their relationship, share tax information and engage in mutual administrative assistance, Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated. Mr. Nami stated this while receiving his Niger Republic…
The electrical interconnection of ECOWAS countries is one of the flagship integration projects piloted by the organization. Currently, only nine member countries have a partnership in the field. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, current President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and his Nigerien counterpart Mohamed Bazoum chaired, on Tuesday 22 February, in Niamey,…
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM (DSM) FRAMEWORK IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFCFTA) By Chidimma Onyiaorah LL.M, MCIArb EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AFCFTA DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM Implementing a dispute settlement mechanism comes with both historical underpinnings and the practicability of the mechanism but such implementation must have measurable points. These three indicators define the how effective…
© AFP : A complaint will be filed against the economic sanctions imposed by ECOWAS and UEMOA. This was announced yesterday by the transitional Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, in an interview of nearly an hour and a half broadcast on ORTM, Mali’s state television. The head of the transitional government also mentioned the continuation of…
Following the National Conference of the refoundation which recommended the extension of the transition from 6 months to 5 years, the transition authorities of Mali submitted to ECOWAS a timetable for the elections. According to this timetable on which the heads of state of the regional organization must rule on January 9, the transition underway…
