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President Muhammadu Buhari pushes for ECOWAS single currency

Having failed to meet the convergence criteria again, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on countries under the ECOWAS sub-region to put in more efforts to achieve the single currency program.

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Stakeholders Meet in Abuja on ECOWAS Single Currency, Others

Critical stakeholders in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region, including central banks, ministries of finance, policy makers, legislators and the academia are to brainstorm in Abuja to.

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ECOWAS moves to develop regional strategies for AGOA, TIFA

A Technical Working Group (TWG) comprising of focal points from Directorates of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recommended that regional and national strategies be.

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ECOWAS popularizes use of liquefied petroleum gas in the region

The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has moved to validate its regional strategy for the popularization of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in West Africa with.

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Gambia: ECOWAS Troops to Start Returning Home

Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will start returning home this month from Gambia, from where long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced to flee last month, paving the.

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Gambia’s Barrow Asks Regional Force to Stay For Six Months -U.N

Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow has asked a West African military operation, which pressured his predecessor to go into exile after he refused to accept his election defeat, to remain.

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U.N. Security Council to Vote for Gambia Intervention

The United Nations Security Council is set to vote later Thursday on a Senegalese draft resolution that would back efforts by West African regional bloc ECOWAS to ensure Gambian President.

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West African Leaders to Press Gambia’s Jammeh to Quit

By Edward McAllister West African heads of state began arriving in Gambia on Tuesday to try to convince the long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power after losing an election.

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ECOWAS AND SECURITY IN THE AFRICA

  By: Eruke Ojuederie Security issues have taken an unusual turn twenty-five years after the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) actively performed peace keeping duties. These operations which brought about some.

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ECOWAS URGED MEMBERS TO DOUBLE EFFORT AGAINST TERRORISM

The Chairman of ECOWAS Council of Ministers and Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mrs. Hanna Tetteh has called on Member States to redouble efforts to stem the.

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