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ECOWAS · NigeriaNigeria’s Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Ambassador Musa Nuhu, has called for a unified response to security threats in Africa. Amb Nuhu, who is the chairman of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, said this in his welcome remarks at the joint consultation meeting between the African Union’s (AU’s) Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the ambassadorial level on Wednesday in Abuja. He …See the Story
Nigeria calls for unified response to security challenges in Africa - Daily Trust
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ECOWAS · NigeriaNigeria’s Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Ambassador Musa Nuhu, has called for a unified response to the security threats in Africa. Amb Nuhu, who is the Chair, ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, said this in his welcome remarks at the joint consultation meeting between the African Union (AU)’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the ambassadorial level on Wednesday in Abuja. “The sec…See the Story
Nigeria calls for unified response to security challenges in Africa - Daily Trust
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Refugees · AbujaThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it has released $9 million for humanitarian activities within the region in 2024. At a press conference in Abuja on Friday 19th April 2024, the Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs, Professor Fatou Sow Sarr, said ECOWAS has released 9 million dollars for internally displaced people, refugees, asylum seekers, as well as for the communities that welcome them in all 15 c…See the Story
ECOWAS releases $9m for IDPs, refugees in Nigeria, others - Commissioner - Daily Trust
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TerrorismThe Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has allocated 25 million dollars in 2024 to fight terrorism in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. ECOWAS Commissioner, Human Development and Social Affairs, Prof. Fatou Sarr, made this disclosure during a news conference at the commission’s headquarters, on Friday in Abuja. Sarr said that four million dollars of the amount was dedicated to humanitarian action to curb the devastating cons…See the Story
ECOWAS earmarks $25m in 2024 to combat terrorism in Nigeria, others
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SanctionsFollowing a recent string of military coups, retaliatory sanctions, and withdrawal of its member states, it became clear that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lacks authority, legitimacy, and effective sanction and intervention instruments, and thus, as observers warn, it must either reform or decline. Once considered Africa’s most institutionally developed regional organization, […]See the Story
ECOWAS: without radical changes, regional bloc will see ‘systematic disappearance’ — experts – The North Africa Post
ECOWAS · NigeriaDuring the last extraordinary summit of the highest organ of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Authority of Heads of State and Government, in Abuja, they resolved among others, that president of the Republic of Niger, Bazoum Mohammed must be released. But this should not have been a resolution but a condition. If truly ECOWAS is interested in strengthening democracy in West Africa; it should not have hurriedly lifted th…See the Story
ECOWAS and the future of democracy in West Africa - Daily Trust
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ECOWAS · NigeriaSome lawyers recently called for citizens’ intervention to save the Community Court of Justice (CCJ) also known as ECOWAS Court from moves to whittle down its powers. Established in 1991 with an office in Abuja, The post Jurisdiction: A boost or snag for ECOWAS court? appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.See the Story
Jurisdiction: A boost or snag for ECOWAS court?
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