Tag: ECOWAS
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Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS has warned it will impose targeted sanctions on individuals or groups obstructing Guinea-Bissau’s transition back to civilian rule following last month’s coup. The threat was announced at a regional summit in Abuja, where leaders also discussed a failed coup attempt in Benin. ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray…
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared a regional state of emergency due to escalating security and political crises in west Africa. During a ministerial session in Abuja, ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray highlighted the deteriorating security environment marked by military interventions, unconstitutional changes of government, electoral instability, and the rising influence of…
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Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC )Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has welcomed a delegation from the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) in Abuja for a post-election follow-up and needs assessment mission, two years after Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. The delegation, led by Liberia’s National Elections Commission Chairperson Mrs. Davidetta Browne-Lansanah, reviewed the implementation of 37 ECOWAS…
