The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) affirms its commitment to Gender equality at the 69th Commission on the ...

The 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union took place in February 2025 in Addis Ababa. The ...

In fulfillment of his mandate to promote regional trade integration, the Chairman of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional political and economic bloc. The group is facing an existential crisis after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced ...

The CEMAC’s economy lost momentum in 2023. The external position weakened, with the current account shifting to a deficit and foreign reserve accumulation slowing. While inflation continued to ease, ...

As the Economic Community of West African States marks its 50th anniversary, GIFT HABIB reflects on its journey from an economic union to a regional powerhouse, navigating both triumphs and trials ...

South Africa emerged from the shadows of apartheid and violent racist oppression to make significant process in forging a non ...

the West African Monetary and Economic Union (WAEMU), the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) and the Union of the Comoros. In reality, the term “CFA franc” refers to three ...

The African Development Bank and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission have signed a Protocol of Agreement for a grant of $11.78 million to strengthen regional rice ...

Would strong regional central banks or even a continental central bank have helped? The regional experience of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gives a glimpse of what is needed ...