Tag:ECOWAS

Agric & Biotech

AATF partners ECOWAS to improve agricultural productivity

Low agricultural productivity, food and nutritional insecurity and availing smallholder farmers access to life-changing technologies are issues that AATF and ECOWAS have agreed to...

Michael Simire - May 29, 2023

Pollution

Alleged environmental degradation: ECOWAS court fixes Oct. 27 for $37bn damages suit

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed Oct. 27, 2020 to hear a $37 billion suit in damages filed by 11 persons representing the...

Michael Simire - October 6, 2020

Conservation

ECOWAS Regional Consultation urges protection of Africa’s ‘irreplaceable’ biodiversity

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Consultation on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework held recently has said...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

West African nations to adopt new satellite technology to mitigate flood

Nigeria and other West African nations are set to adopt a new system of utilising satellite technology in better predicting environmental patterns to help...

Michael Simire - August 19, 2020

Cover

Nigeria, ECOWAS host regional biodiversity consultation

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS-CEDEAO) will host the first ECOWAS Regional Convention on Biological Diversity...

Michael Simire - August 9, 2020

Health

Five countries responsible for 80% of COVID-19 cases in West Africa

Five countries have been identified as responsible for over 80 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in West Africa, the West African Health Organisation...

Michael Simire - July 23, 2020

Sustainable Devpt

Hydraulic infrastructure development guideline adopted

The guideline on hydraulic infrastructure development in West Africa was adopted recently during the 78th ordinary session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers held in Monrovia, Liberia....

admin - August 6, 2017

Renewable Energy