ECOWAS

West African bloc's 2020 single currency goal fails

Niamey - AFP

The 15-nation West African bloc ECOWAS told regional leaders Tuesday that the goal of establishing a single currency among their economies in 2020 had failed. "The roadmap has not been implemented vigorously," Marcel de Souza, president of the ECOWAS Commission, told a summit in Niamey, the capital of Niger. "We cannot move to the single currency in 2020," he said.Read more

West Africa's fight to keep bad medicine off shelves

Dakar - Muslimchronicle

As West Africa declares war on the market for expired and counterfeit medicines, start-ups are putting quality control in the hands of patients to stop them risking their lives trying to get well. Not only can such drugs fail to treat the diseases they are bought to combat, experts say, but they may encourage resistance to antibiotics and even causeRead more

Sahel countries agreed to form unified military force

Bambko - Adel Salama

Leaders of African Sahel countries held a summit in Mali on Sunday in the presence of French President Emanuel Macron, as they discussed the formation of a unified military force to fight the extremist groups working in the region. The French president stressed that the need for more serious steps during the coming period to eliminate extremism as soon asRead more

Morocco manages to join “ECOWAS” group

Casablanca - Fatima Zahra Dourat

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to approve Morocco's request to join the group during the summit of the group's heads of states and governments that was held On Sunday in Monrovia, Liberia. Morocco joined this group after its historical return to the African union during last January in Addis Ababa. ECOWAS consists of 15 countries toRead more

Netanyahu woos West African leaders at Liberia summit

Monrovia - Muslimchronicle

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday joined West African leaders at a summit in Liberia, where they hailed peacekeeping efforts in the region but warned about threats to stability. Netanyahu, who had visited east Africa in July 2016, vowed that they had "no better partner" than his country after he was received by Liberian President and outgoing head ofRead more

ISIS elements' displacement raises Algerian, African states'

Algeria - Rabia Khureis

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), along with the European Union in Brussels, will discuss, on Tuesday, the issue of the displacement of extremists from the stronghold of ISIS in Mosul to the Sahel region. This issue is a source of great concern to the leaders of African countries, including Algeria, whose border is witnessing a state ofRead more

Minister stresses his country's aspiration

Casablanca - Gamila Omar

Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Salah Al Din Mezwar stressed the need for more cooperation between the African States to pave the way for building ambitious and pragmatic continent. He added that Africa will not achieve any development without economic cooperation, calling for drafting a serious vision to the ways of cooperation between the developing nations. He praised Africa andRead more

Senegal Issues Full Support for Morocco Joining ECOWAS

Rabat - Arab Today

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Salaheddine Mezouar was received by Senegalese President Macky Sall. The meeting took place Saturday within the framework of a tour dedicated to Morocco’s request to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The audience is a sign of the excellent relations which exist between King Mohammed VI and Senegalese President Macky Sall,Read more

ECOWAS: Stepping-Stone for Morocco to Conquer Africa

Rabat - Arab Today

With King Mohammed’s VI current tour of African countries and the ongoing reverberations from Morocco’s re-admission to the African Union (AU) in late January, Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation revealed on Friday that Morocco has sent a request to the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf is the current President of the Economic Community of West AfricanRead more