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*PRESS RELEASE* *Cotonou, Benin, 13 April 2026* *Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission Sues for Peace as Beninese Await Results of Sunday’s Presidential Election* As…
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Apr 14, 2026
*PRESS RELEASE* *Cotonou, Benin, 13 April 2026* *Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission Sues for Peace as Beninese Await Results of Sunday’s Presidential Election* As the counting…
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Apr 13, 2026
*PRESS RELEASE* *Cotonou, Benin, 12 April 2026* *Slow start to Benin's Presidential Election* Beninese voters trickled to polling stations on Sunday (12 April 2026) to cast their…
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Feb 20, 2026
The Trustees of the Centre for Community Law (CCL), a Nigerian-registered NGO, and Professor Amos Osaiogbovo Enabulele have instituted legal proceedings against the ECOWAS Commission and…
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Jan 27, 2026
More than 50 years after its formation, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ought to be in a celebratory mood as arguably the best-performing…
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Jan 2, 2026
The Registered Trustees of the Centre for Community Law (CCL), a Nigeria-based non-governmental organisation, have instituted a suit before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ)…
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Dec 23, 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s junta has requested the “immediate withdrawal” of the 500-strong ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in the country, ESSMGB, in its latest defiance of the regional bloc.…
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Dec 15, 2025
After suspending Guinea-Bissau due to the 26th November military coup, which many believe President Umaro Sissoco masterminded because the results of the 23rd November elections were…
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Dec 10, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, 9 December, declared a state of emergency across the region, the first time since the regional…
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Nov 28, 2025
The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC), held an extraordinary virtual meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government and took wide-ranging decisions, including…
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Nov 11, 2025
A Commissioner at the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dragged the President of the Commission to the ECOWAS Court of…
