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Author: Harouna Mayaki

Health Care Programmes

ECOWAS, GIZ Find Staffing, Waste, Water Gaps at Two Guinea-Bissau Hospitals

By Harouna Mayaki

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

By Harouna Mayaki

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

By Harouna Mayaki

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.

West African Politics

ECOWAS Research and Statistics Directorate Opens Four-Day Seminar to Plan 2027–2030 Strategy

By Daniel Inaju - Challydoff Limited

The ECOWAS Directorate of Research and Statistics opened a four-day seminar in Zuma Rock, Niger State, on October 20, 2026, to review its mandate and plan for 2027–2030. The meeting covers program evaluation, institutional capacity, performance review and alignment with the Commission's new strategic priorities.

Defense and Security

ECOWAS Delegation Joins EU Peace Mediation Forum in Brussels

By Daniel Inaju - Challydoff Limited

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.

Women & Youths Empowerment

ECOWAS Gender Centre, Spanish Aid Agency Set New Priorities, Plan Second Phase

By Daniel Inaju - Challydoff Limited

The ECOWAS Gender Development Centre and Spain's AECID met in Dakar on October 20, 2026, to review their Institutional Support and Obstetric Fistula projects and to discuss new collaboration on the care economy and climate action. The two sides agreed to pursue technical consultations on a second phase of the support project and discussed attending the 10th Global Conference on Obstetric Fistula in Dakar in December.

Health Care Programmes

Africa’s Health Gains Keep More Alive With Disability, Rehabilitation Lags

By Ukachukwu Abaraogu

The Global Burden of Disease 2023 study reports that years lived with disability worldwide rose from 786 million in 2010 to 990 million in 2023, even as life expectancy improved. A rehabilitation researcher argues that Africa's health systems have not expanded services fast enough to support the growing number of people surviving with long-term conditions.