Here’s what you need to know:● ECOWAS appointed General Birame Diop of Senegal, a retired air forcegeneral and former defence minister, as Presi…

Here’s what you need to know:● Nigeria Customs is rolling out GPS-tracked electronic seals, body cameras,and non-intrusive scanners across ports…

Here’s what you need to know: ● ECOWAS extended its chief negotiator’s mandate to December 2026, formally reaffirming it still treats AES …

Here’s what you need to know: ● When ECOWAS states closed their borders in March 2020, regional food trade seized up almost overnight, exposing …

Here’s what you need to know: ● ECOWAS reaffirmed its 1979 commitment to free movement of people andgoods in 2025, even as the AES rupture strai…

● ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) implementation reviewed amid AESfallout, with regional bodies working to shore up the scheme’s credi…

● Ghana’s cedi and Nigeria’s naira volatility complicate ECOWAScross-border pricing and trade settlement. (2022–2023) Any cross-border tra…

● Niger’s continued closure of its official Gaya-Malanville crossing with Beninforces trade through workaround corridors via Nigeria. (2026) Nin…

● Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye elected ECOWAS Chairman,taking on a leadership role amid the bloc’s AES crisis. (2025) ECOWAS …