Economic Community of West African States

Gambia: The Answer to Isolation is Expanded Democratisation, Term Limit and Respect for Human Rights

It is becoming increasingly clear that The Witch Hunt in the Gambia, the disappearance of Chief Manneh, the rigorous pursuit of libel as a crime which led to the incarceration of journalists for expression of opinions and the...

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Gambia: Food Safety Seminar for the Media and Consumer Groups

A one day sensitization and information sharing seminar for the Media and Consumer Interest Groups, organized by the West Africa Quality Programme (WAQP), in collaboration with the National Codex / Sanitary and Phytosanitary...

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GLOBAL: Children's rights not yet a reality

Source: IRIN Children's rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and...

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ECOWAS FMs meet in Nigeria ahead of regional summit

LAGOS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A meeting of the foreign ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is underway on Friday in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, ahead of next week's regional summit. The meeting...

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West Africa: First ECOWAS International Cycling Tour - Team Nigeria Sure of Victory

CAPTAIN of the Nigerian team in the maiden edition of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) International Cycling Tour, Aphis Bakare is confident that he and his teammates have what it take to shine at the 324...

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Nigeria: Garuba Raises Alarm Over Crime Rate

Abuja — Former ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Commander, General Chris Garuba, has decried the increased rate of crime in Nigeria. The former commander who said this yesterday at the presentation of the Centre for Youth and...

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Togo: After the UFC, the CAR don't want to have a one round election

The two main parties of the parliamentary opposition threaten not to participate in the election next February if the election does not take place in two rounds. After the UFC, it is the turn of CAR to threaten the boycott.The...

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Africa: A Call for More Female Leadership Across the Continent

opinion In keeping with this week's special Bejing + 15 edition of Pambazuka News, The Entrepreneur from Cameroon argues for the need for a female candidate in the 2011 elections. And lastly what he sees as the general movement...

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Nigerian wins Miss ECOWAS peace pageant

LAGOS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's Joy Obasi has emerged the winner of the 2009 Miss Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Peace Pageant, a statement reaching here said on Thursday. Ngozika beat 22 other...

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West Africa: IFDC to Implement N3 Billion Agricultural Fund in West Africa

The Netherlands has announced a grant of E10 million (about N2.5 billion) over a four year period to the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) to develop agriculture in West Africa.

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