ECOWAS gives $500,000 to support General Elections in Sierra Leone
Dr Omar Alieu Touray, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, has approved the deployment of 95 Election Observers to observe the June 24 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone. This is in line with provisions of Articles 12 to 14 of the 2001 regional Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance on assistance to […]
ECOWAS to support Ghana end child beggars’ menace
By: Rachel Kakraba. Head of Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation ECOWAS Gender Development Center, Awudu Ahmed Gumah, has hinted of plans of ECOWAS to support Ghana in its quest to end the menace of child beggars. This he said will be done in the second phase of a pilot Programme, which was commenced by the […]
Accra: ECOWAS Launches 4-Day Workshop to Review Youth and Sports Policies
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A 4-day technical workshop on the Multi-disciplinary taskforce on the review of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Youth and Sports Policies and Strategic Action Plan has commenced in Accra. ECOWAS adopted its Youth and Sports Policies and Strategic Action Plan in 2009 and 2010 respectively. This move, according to […]
ECOWAS member States deliberate on comprehensive approach to addressing threats to human security
By: Hannah DadzieAn ECOWAS Capacity Building Workshop for Multi-Stakeholders on Protection and Human Security has opened in Accra. This has become necessary as human security has become an extremely serious issue in West Africa, due to worsening social and economic challenges, internal conflicts, political instability and civil wars. The three-day event is also aimed at […]
