The force's activation follows a report by the Global Terrorism Index, which identified Africa's Sahel region as the global ...

Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has stated that to effectively address the security challenges in the West ...

Nations in parts of the globe buckle under the weight of interstate wars, with humanity paying the ultimate priceIn Eastern ...

The meeting was attended by Chiefs of Defence Staff of ECOWAS member countries except Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which had withdrawn from the sub-regional body. Others at the meeting were the ...

The Economic Community of West African States has activated its standby force to combat terrorism in the sub-region.

Ecowas has been struggling to keep its membership intact after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all junta-led states, decided to ...

The Economic Community of Africa State (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to fight terrorism and other transborder ...

ECOWAS and AfDB have signed an $11.18 million agreement to boost rice production and enhance food security in West Africa.

Announcement - 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 ...

The Economic Community of West African States Commission and the African Development Bank have signed a $12m grant agreement ...

Commission and the African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement worth $11.8 million to enhance rice production ...