EDUCATION

ECOWAS to Support School Feeding in West Africa with €4.5 million

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2025

The Economic Communities of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Friday said it has set aside €4.5 million to support the implementation of home grown school feeding in primary schools across the West African region. The Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, ECOWAS Commission,

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ECOWAS Court and Sierra Leone Government Organise Capacity-Building Training for Sierra Leone State Attorneys

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2025

 The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS Court in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone organised a capacity-building training for State Attorneys at the Law Officers’ Department. The training held at the Sierra Leone Law School Complex and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, is centred […]

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ECOWAS celebrates it’s 50th anniversary at the UN headquarters in New York

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2025

On the 25th of July 2025, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marked its 50th anniversary with a high-level ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York, under the theme: “United for a better future: promoting regionalism and multilateralism for shared prosperity”. Hosted in the prestigious ECOSOC chamber, the event brought

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ECOWAS and Africa Centre for Strategic Studies deepen strategic cooperation on peace, security and human development

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2025

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening strategic collaboration in addressing emerging regional threats, particularly misinformation, disinformation, and growing insecurity across West Africa. The ACSS delegation led by the Director, Ms. Amanda Dory met with the

ENTERTAINMENT

Combating gender based violence (GBV) and sexual harassment: ECOWAS strengthens capacities of Ivorian actors

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2025

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Gender Development (CCDG), in partnership with the Ivorian Ministry of Women, Family and Children, has initiated a national training workshop on the prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual harassment. The programme, which was initiated between Thursday 26 and Saturday 28 June

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Security: ECOWAS Deliberates on Training Policy for Standby Force

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2025

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has began the final move to put a standby force in place to combat insecurity in West Africa with the commencement of deliberations on the training policy to be adopted for the force. At the meeting in Abuja were security experts and technocrats from 12 ECOWAS member […]