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Author: Harouna Mayaki

Women & Youths Empowerment

ECOWAS Opens Second COYWA Training Cohort in Accra for Young, Women Entrepreneurs

By Harouna Mayaki

ECOWAS and partners AUDA-NEPAD and AECID held the second regional COYWA training session in Accra from 26 to 30 October 2026, following an online phase that began on 23 September. The programme trains young and women entrepreneurs in digital tools, online security, artificial intelligence and financial education, with certificates awarded at a ceremony attended by youth ministers from Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

Women & Youths Empowerment

ECOWAS Ministers Back Youth, Peace and Security Action Plan, Basket Fund

By Harouna Mayaki

Ministers from ECOWAS member states meeting in Accra resolved to develop a costed Regional Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security and to create a regional basket fund for predictable financing. The two-day consultation reviewed progress on UN Security Council Resolution 2250 and the African Union framework, with officials calling for stronger coordination and youth representation.

Business & Economy

WAPP Sets Conakry General Assembly for November 2026 Under Regional Market Theme

By Harouna Mayaki

The West African Power Pool will hold its 21st General Assembly on 6 and 7 November 2026 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Conakry, with a Technical and Financial Partners meeting the day before. The session, themed on consolidating the Regional Electricity Market, brings together chief executives of the pool's 60 member utilities under the high patronage of Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya.

Technology & Innovation

Gabon Lifts Social Media Suspension After Eight Months as Researchers Question Blackouts Quell Unrest

By Fabrice Lollia

Gabon restored access to Facebook, TikTok and YouTube on 24 October 2026, more than eight months after the Haute autorité de la communication suspended them on national security grounds. An analysis published by The Conversation examines similar restrictions in Senegal, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sudan and France, and argues that cutting platforms changes how visible a crisis is rather than addressing its causes.

General News

Animal Bones at Malawi Rock Shelter Point to Invisible Stone Age Boundary

By Alex Bertacchi and Jessica C. Thompson

Archaeologists working at a rock shelter in northern Malawi identified almost 13,000 animal bone fragments spanning about 21,000 years and argue the evidence points to intensive local hunting and a social boundary maintained without persistent violence. The authors say the findings challenge the view that cultural boundaries in the distant past formed mainly along coasts.

Defense and Security

ECOWAS Special Representative Namizata Sangare Visits ECOMIG Headquarters in The Gambia

By Harouna Mayaki

Madam Namizata Sangare, Head of Mission and Special Representative of the ECOWAS Commission, made her first visit to the ECOMIG Force Headquarters in Bakau, The Gambia, on 27 October 2026. She was received by Force Commander Col Aliou Tine, and discussions covered ECOMIG's mandate, its collaboration with Gambian authorities and security forces, and the challenges facing its personnel.

West African Politics

ECOWAS Launches National Platform for Cross-Border Cooperation Programme in Guinea

By Harouna Mayaki

ECOWAS held a meeting in Conakry on 22 October 2026 to launch Guinea's National Platform under the Regional Cross-Border Cooperation Support Programme. Officials discussed how the platforms will be established and operationalised, and the meeting provided an opportunity to advance Framework Cooperation Agreements between the Commission and Member States.

Women & Youths Empowerment

ECOWAS Ends Women, Peace and Security Reporting Push in Cabo Verde

By Harouna Mayaki

ECOWAS has completed its planned series of in-country workshops on monitoring the Women, Peace and Security agenda, finishing with a session in Cabo Verde for more than 30 government, security, civil society and media participants. Cabo Verde's minister said the training came as the country works towards its first National Action Plan under UN Security Council Resolution 1325.