Electricity in rural West Africa must be treated as an economic engine rather than a mere household amenity, experts have warned regional lawmakers. Speaking...
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West Africa has set its sights on a major green transition, targeting a 48% renewable energy share by 2030 to tackle widespread power outages and drive...
DAKAR, SENEGAL — West African nations must strengthen regional cooperation and pass urgent legislation to expand renewable energy across rural communities, the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament is to launch a digital onboarding initiative aimed at integrating small and medium-sized...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Lawmakers from across West Africa have adopted a landmark resolution aimed at clearing thousands of vulnerable children from the streets and...
ABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian representative to the ECOWAS Parliament has launched a scathing attack on his fellow lawmakers, accusing them of concealing the...
Dr. Dédou Hemou, a veteran Togolese diplomat with a decade of experience in European and West African relations, has formally assumed office as the new...
LOME, Togo — A senior Liberian lawmaker has warned that attempts by West African governments to unilaterally withdraw their representatives from the ECOWAS...
The ECOWAS Parliament concluded its first extraordinary session of 2026 in Abuja on Friday with a firm call to transform the African Continental Free Trade...
PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA — The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Memounatou Ibrahima, stated that the regional legislature would hold a “befitting”...