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Climate & Environment
ECOWAS and Guinea Open Three-Day Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction in Schools
ECOWAS and Guinea have opened a three-day national workshop on integrating disaster risk reduction into the education system. Teachers, education officials and disaster-management specialists are examining school safety, early warning and emergency preparedness under a project financed by the European Union.
Business & Economy
Nine ECOWAS States Sign UN Cargo Documents Convention as Commission Pushes Trade Facilitation
Nine ECOWAS member states were among 26 countries that signed the UN Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents in Accra on 26 October 2026. The convention provides for a single cargo document, in paper or electronic form, covering goods moved across transport modes and borders.
Defense and Security
ECOWAS and UNOWAS Reaffirm Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism at Abuja Meeting
ECOWAS Commission President General Birame Diop met a UN delegation led by Ambassador Leonardo Santos Simão of UNOWAS in Abuja on 3 November 2026. The two institutions reaffirmed their commitment to cooperation on counter-terrorism, conflict prevention and sustainable peace, and discussed irregular migration, insecurity, boundary demarcation and water resource management.
Business & Economy
ECOWAS Opens Lomé Workshop to Review Draft Yearbook of Sectoral Statistics
ECOWAS has opened a four-day technical workshop in Lomé, Togo, to review the first draft of its Yearbook of Sectoral Statistics. The meeting brings sectoral directorates together to check indicators, fill data gaps and prepare the document for submission to the Regional Technical Committee.
Defense and Security
ECOWAS Tells AU Council West Africa Shifted to Prevention-Led Security Model
ECOWAS's permanent representative to the African Union, Hon Abdou Kolley, told the AU Peace and Security Council that West Africa has shifted from reactive military intervention to a preventative, development-led security model. Speaking at an open session on 2 November 2026 marking 20 years of the AU's post-conflict reconstruction policy, he cited transitions in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau and demobilisation work in Liberia, and flagged gaps in political response speed and reliance on external funding.
Business & Economy
West African Road Ministers Endorse First Sections of Abidjan–Lagos Highway for Construction
Ministers from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria endorsed the first sections of the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway for construction at a steering committee meeting in Lomé on 30 October 2026. The committee also welcomed ALCoMA's new chairperson and interim committees, while the African Development Bank said it is pursuing about $500 million in catalytic capital for the first sections.