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      Official website: http://www.ecowas.int

      ECOWAS in Brief

      The Economic Community Of West  African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in  1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in "all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters ....."

      The Institutions of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) are as follows:

      • The Commission
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      • ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)

      The ECOWAS Commission and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, more often called The Fund are its two main institutions designed to implement  policies, pursue a number of programmes and carry out development projects in  Member States. Such projects include intra-community road construction and  telecommunications; and agricultural, energy and water resources development.

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      Remarks by H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
      Remarks by AUC Deputy Chairperson on the Occasion of ECOWAS Golden Jubilee
      12 June 2025

      It is with great humility and profound respect that I stand before you today on behalf of the Chairperson and on my own behalf to honour the golden jubilee a remarkable 50-year journey of the Econ

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      ECOWAS Validates Labour Migration Strategy to Strengthen Regional Mobility and Rights Protection
      ECOWAS Validates Labour Migration Strategy to Strengthen Regional Mobility
      15 May 2025

      The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Labour Orga

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      AUC Chairperson convened RECs, RMs & AUDA-NEPAD, urging enhanced coordination with the AUC & among RECs
      AUC Chairperson convened RECs, RMs & AUDA-NEPAD
      14 May 2025

      H.E. @ymahmoudali, Chairperson of the AU Commission, convened RECs, RMs & AUDA-NEPAD, urging enhanced coordination with the AUC & among RECs.

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      Communiqué du Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine sur le Retrait de Trois États Membres de la CEDEAO
      Communiqué on the Withdrawal of Three ECOWAS Member States
      30 January 2024

      The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E.

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      Joint Communique of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS
      Joint Communique of the African Court and ECOWAS
      24 June 2023

      Joint Communique of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS ARUSHA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

       

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      Working Visit of the Chairperson of the Commission to West Africa
      Working Visit of the Chairperson of the Commission to West Africa
      23 January 2022

      23 January, 2022, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, began a mission to West Africa today, starting in Accra, Ghana, where he will h

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