Economic Community of West African States Sending Enlarged 200-member Election Observation Mission to Liberia

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is sending an enlarged 200-member Election Observation Mission, to be headed by the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega, to monitor Liberia’s...

Economic Community of West African States to Send Fact-finding Mission to The Gambia for the November 24 Presidential Elections

Dr Christiana Thorpe, the Chairperson of National Electoral Commission in Sierra Leone, is to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) fact-finding mission for the November 24 presidential elections in The Gambia, according to a statement...

Nigerian Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission Recruits 2700 Volunteers

The lull in the fight against corruption is again being reversed by Nigeria’s second anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), which has recruited 2,700 National Anti-Corruption Volunteer...

ECOWAS Telecommunications Ministers to Meet in Cote D’Ivoire

The Ivorian political and administrative capital Yamoussoukro, will on October 14th host the 11th meeting of the ECOWAS ministers of Information and Telecommunications Technologies, the Ivorian ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Services has said...

Rebranding the Army in Cote D’Ivoire

The Ivoirian government is rebranding the national army to change the force’s negative image as it undergoes major reforms, which include demobilizing 10,000 soldiers by the end of the year, training up troops, and restructuring existing posts.

Students of the University of Sierra Leone Upset Over National Career And Job Fair Boycott

Students of the University of Sierra Leone have expressed their dissatisfaction over the boycott by some private and public institutions of the just-concluded University of Sierra Leone interactive national career and job fair at the National Stadium...

140 Burkinabe Gendarmes to be Deployed to Liberia

A batch of 140 Burkinabe gendarmes will be deployed to Liberia, under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Commission to bolster the local and foreign security forces in the run up to the October polls, an official source...

Liberia And China Sign Economic And Technical Cooperation Agreement

Liberia and China in Monrovia on Tuesday signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation agreement under which China is to provide “a gratuitous assistance” of approximately $16 million to Liberia, according to a press release of the Foreign ministry...

Despite Calls for Restraint, Members of the Opposition in Guinea Conakry have Said They Will Hold ‘peaceful’ Rallies Throughout the Country

Despite calls for restraint, members of the opposition in Guinea Conakry have said they will still hold “peaceful” rallies throughout the country to compel the government to sue for national dialogue.