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ECOWAS Culture Experts Validate 624-Event Regional Calendar in Lomé
Cultural experts from ECOWAS member states met in Lomé from 21 to 23 October 2026 and validated a regional cultural calendar covering 624 events. The technical sessions also addressed a harmonised cultural database and reviewed funding criteria for major festivals and cultural projects, with participants recommending annual calendar updates and a biennial regional cultural magazine.
Health Care Programmes
ECOWAS, GIZ Find Staffing, Waste, Water Gaps at Two Guinea-Bissau Hospitals
A joint ECOWAS and GIZ mission assessed capacity-building needs at the Bafatá and Gabú regional hospitals in Guinea-Bissau from 13 to 23 October 2026. It found shared problems including insufficient funding, staff shortages, weak information systems and gaps in hygiene, waste management and safe water access, and set out six proposed areas of intervention pending further assessment and costing.
Women & Youths Empowerment
Four Senegalese Translation Students Begin Internship at ECOWAS Commission Under PAMCIT Programme
Four translation students from Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis in Senegal are interning at the ECOWAS Commission's Translation Section under the PAMCIT programme, which the Commission currently chairs. They are among six students awarded study scholarships by the Commission, and they paid a courtesy visit to Director of Conference and Protocol Olukemi Robinson-Atabuh.
Business & Economy
ECOWAS Validates Framework for Regional Transport Observatory at Abidjan Workshop
ECOWAS held a technical stakeholder workshop in Abidjan where participants validated the concept note, terms of reference and governance arrangements for a proposed Regional Transport Observatory for West Africa. The meeting, supported by TradeMark Africa under the EU Global Gateway Support Programme, brought together ECOWAS directorates, regional institutions, corridor observatories and partners including the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the EU. The next phase is set to focus on resource mobilisation, technical deployment and capacity building.
Health Care Programmes
ECOWAS Reports Renovated Treatment Centres, Trained Staff at Abuja Conference
ECOWAS says 12 drug treatment and rehabilitation centres in 10 member states have been renovated and equipped, and more than 300 professionals trained, as of September 2026. The figures were presented at a two-day conference in Abuja on substance use research and data systems, held with CRISA on 21 and 22 October.
Defense and Security
ECOWAS Delegation Joins EU Peace Mediation Forum in Brussels
ECOWAS sent a delegation led by Dr. Babatunde Afolabi to the eighth EU Community of Practice on Peace Mediation in Brussels on 20 and 21 October 2026. The delegation took part in a plenary on advancing peace mediation in an unpredictable world, and ECOWAS said the meeting allowed reflection on challenges including violent extremism, unconstitutional changes of government and interstate disputes.