Recently, the ECOWAS Representation in Benin organized a training workshop in Cotonou for 25 young people from ECOWAS university clubs and youth associations.
Learn MoreThe ECOWAS Commission on Thursday 2nd and 3rd of October 2025, hosted the Youth Creative Conference 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. The Conference organised in partnership with the African Union and Nigeria's Federal Mi n i s t r y of Youth Development under the theme: “Silencing the Guns.”
Learn MoreFreetown, Sierra Leone – 25 September 2025: The ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Communication, has commenced a two-day capacity-building workshop for journalists and media practitioners in Sierra Leone to strengthen information integrity and counter misinformation, disinformation, fake news, and anti-democratic
Learn MoreThe ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Energy and Mines, in collaboration with the World bank has commenced a four-day Mid-Year Review Mission of the Regional Electricity Access and Battery Energy Storage Technology (BEST)
Learn MoreThe 10th edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2025) concluded on September 19th, 2025 in Banjul, The Gambia, also marking the 50th anniversary of ECOWAS and the 15th anniversary of ECREEE.
Learn MoreThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) is strengthening its strategic engagement with regional and global stakeholders to counter the growing threat of mis- and
Learn MoreThe ECOWAS Commission, in c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h t h e Government of The Gambia, convened a Ministerial Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Justice from August 29 to 30, 2025, in Banjul, The Gambia.
On the 21st of August 2025, Ambassador Ngozi Ukaeje, ECOWAS Resident Representative in Guinea-Bissau, made his first official visit to the Ghanaian (GHANCOY 4) and Nigerian (NIGCOY 4) contingents of the ECOWAS
Learn MoreThe President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Oumar Alieu Touray, granted an audience to Mr. Jacky AMPROU and Mr. Xavier Muro, incoming and outgoing Country Directors of the Agence française de Développement (AFD) in Nigeria, on Thursday, August 28, 2025, in Abuja.
Learn MoreC O W A S h a s r e a f f i r m e d i t s c o m m i t m e n t t o helping Member States build resilience to climate shocks and protect vulnerable populations.
Learn MoreThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, through its Department of Human Development and Social Affairs
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