Tuesday, October 24th, 2023
ECOWAS and UNHCR sign an agreement to strengthen refugees’ protection and address internal displacements in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the UNHCR, The UN Refugees Agency today signed an agreement to strengthen their collaboration in protecting refugees, stateless and internally displaced persons in the region. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E Dr. Omar Alieu TOURAY and the Di-rector of UNHCR Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, Mr. Abdouraouf GNON-KONDE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to strengthen the existing co-operation between the two entities. The revised MoU includes new areas of collaboration that have emerged since the initial MoURead More
ECOWAS Commission Supports the Training of Trainers on Evidence-Based Drug Use Prevention in the Benin Republic.
The ECOWAS Commission organized a training for 30 Core Drug Prevention Professionals on Evidence-Based Prevention of Drug Use/Substance Abuse in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin from the 17th to the 21st of October 2023. The main objective of the training of trainers was to build the capacity of drug prevention pro-fessionals to improve their practices through the use evidence-based interventions to prevent children and adolescents from starting to use psychoactive substances. The training hosted under auspices of the Drug Prevention and Control Programme of the ECOWAS Directorate of Humanitarian andRead More
Reinventing maritime security: ECOWAS organizes third meeting of the subcommittee of the Chiefs of Staff of its Member States
On October 15 and 16, 2023 the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organized the third (3rd) meeting of the Subcommittee of the Chiefs of Naval Staff of its Member States in Lomé, Togo. This highly anticipated event aimed to review and evaluate the operations and functionality of ECOWAS maritime centres, with the aim of strengthening maritime operations and combating illegal maritime activities in the region. The primary objective of this meeting is to assess the performance and efficiency of ECOWAS maritime centres, which will provide valuable information toRead More
Liberia: Weah Equates Presidential Election To Champions League
Liberian President George Weah has equated the conduct of the October 10 presidential and legislative elections to the European Champion league that calls for home and away matches. Weah, a successful footballer, whose success in France and Italy saw him winning the Ballon d’Or in 1995, said he had predicted a runoff but several of his officials assured him that he would have won the election on the first ballot. Speaking at his Forky Klon Jlaleh Family Fellowship Church, a Church he built overseas as pastor urged his supporters toRead More