ECOWAS: Validation of a practical VAT guide to better finance the countries’ development
In Sub-Saharan Africa, tax fraud and evasion are estimated at hundreds of billions of US dollars each year. Also affected by this large-scale capital flight, in a context of a drastic reduction in external development aid, the WAEMU and ECOWAS countries have been committed since December 2019 to the Fiscal Transition Support Program (PATF), intended,…
Prior to the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of WAEMU, the Union’s Statutory Council of Ministers in an extraordinary session via Video Conference
A minute’s silence in memory of the late Hamed BAKAYOKO, former Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire who passed away on March 10, 2021, was observed by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers Sani YAYA as he opened the meeting on March 15. The Council will decide on the agenda of the 22nd ordinary session…
Countering violent extremism and radicalization in West Africa: ECOWAS trains imams and Koranic schools’ masters in Mali.
As of March 1, 2021, ECOWAS is strengthening the capacities of some twenty Imams and Madrasas masters in Mali This 20-day training was launched by the Malian Minister of Religious Affairs and Worship and the ECOWAS Resident Representative in Mali. It aims to equip them for countering violent extremism and radicalism. The Department of Education,…
Digital transformation in the WAEMU region is the focus of a meeting between the WAEMU Commission and the West African Development Bank (WADB)
The objective of this consultation, which began on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, is to conduct bilateral discussions in order to reach a partnership agreement to accelerate digital transformation in the Community. Led by Fily BOUARE SISSOKO, Commissioner in charge of the Department of Enterprise Development, Mines, Energy and Digital Economy (DEMEN) and, Moustapha BEN BARKA,…
ECOWAS permanent representation in Niger celebrates the event with the women of the Zinder region
To provide women leaders and those working in the health sector in the Zinder region of Niger with a better understanding of ECOWAS and its achievements in terms of the defense of women’s rights. This was the main objective of the International Women’s Day celebration organized by the ECOWAS Permanent Representation in Niger on March…
The President of the ECOWAS Commission visits the Singrobo-Ahouaty Hydroelectric Project in Côte d’Ivoire
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Jean Claude Kassi BROU expressed his support for this initiative by the company “Ivoire Hydro Energy”, which is entirely privately financed and has the approval of the Ivorian government. The future dam, whose commissioning is scheduled for March 2023, will have a capacity of 44 Megawatts. On a…