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West African Leaders Rally Behind WAES 2025 as Nigeria Intensifies Regional Diplomacy In a wave of high-level diplomatic engagements ahead of the inaugural West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025, Nigeria’s Special Envoy and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has delivered special invitations to three key West…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, the West Africa Economic Summit seeks to harmonise trade policies, mobilise infrastructure funding, promote inclusive growth, and enhance resilience through institutional reforms and global partnerships. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar explained that the summit was part of efforts to reshape…
Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service has confirmed that five people were killed and 92 others wounded in Monday’s missile attacks launched by Iran on multiple targets within Israel. The fresh casualty figures, released in an official statement, raise the initial death toll of four to five. According to…
The 37th Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) has opened in Abuja, Nigeria, with a call for renewed commitment to regional integration and institutional reform. The session, which runs from 15 to 17 June 2025, focuses on the mid-term evaluation of decisions, programmes, and projects across…
In the build-up to the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES 2025), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has partnered with the Abuja and Lagos Global Shapers Hubs—initiatives of the World Economic Forum—to host the West Africa Youth Futures Roundtable. The high-level youth engagement was held on Friday, June 13, 2025, at…
As preparations intensify for a major regional workshop on agricultural risk management in West Africa, the Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture at the ECOWAS Commission, Massandjé TOURE-LITSE, has led a high-level mission to Togo’s Ministry of Agriculture. The visit, which took place on in Lomé, was part of broader…
Grieving families and a shocked nation are mourning after one of the deadliest air disasters in recent decades. An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in the northern city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12, killing 279 people in what is now one of the worst aviation tragedies of the…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commemorated its landmark 50th anniversary with a prestigious event held at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The ceremony, which took place on June 12, 2025, was organized by the ECOWAS Permanent Representation to the African Union in…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed deep concern over the intensifying conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, calling for an immediate halt to hostilities to prevent further destabilisation of the Middle East region. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned…
In a decisive move to address the escalating malnutrition crisis in Nigeria’s northeastern and northwestern regions, the European Union (EU) has announced a humanitarian aid package of €500,000 (over N900 million). The funding will provide lifesaving nutrition assistance to thousands of children and mothers battling severe acute malnutrition in some…
