Sentences with phrase «west african»

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) presided over by Justice Wilkins Wright has ordered the Federal Government...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday commended the international community for its efforts in ensuring political and economic stability in the West African sub-region.

According to him, B5 Plus's reach to customers throughout the West African region is making the «made - in - Ghana» products promotion dream come true.

For instance, during the recent Presidential election in Liberia, the country's National Electoral Commission (NEC), through the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), which I currently chair, requested the services of INEC staff to sort out issues with their register.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the Economic Community of West African States is working hard to ensure peaceful transitions.

Government says it is fully prepared for Friday's emergency Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) heads of state meeting in Accra.

It was also gathered the State Governor since assumption of office has been paying for both West African Examination Council, WAEC and National Examination Council, NECO of the state secondary school students.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Natural Resources, Mr. Rasheed Badmus, disclosed that the government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wewood Limited to plant the seedlings on 10,000 hectares of land while West African Plantation Limited would plant the remaining portion of the afforestation project.

The Ghanaian public is charged up with keen interest to find out which football officials in the West African country have been videoed getting involved in corrupt practices.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised that his administration will continue to work with member - countries of the Economic Community of West African States to ensure stability in the sub-region.

The Deputy Minister claimed all the West African countries have signed an agreement with either Japan, America, Germany, France and other countries for their mutual benefit.

Issues regarding infrastructural development in the sub-region will also be considered with attention on the West African Gas pipeline and energy supply.

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Terkper said the coming on board of the TEN oil field and some other gas generation projects will gradually wean the country off the West African Gas Pipeline.

Several motorists plying routes around the Movenpick - Ambassador Hotel in Accra are locked up in heavy traffic following the ongoing Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) emergency meeting.

The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has criticised the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for condemning the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)'s approval of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

«In the same vein, I wish Nigeria and Ghana to continue to provide the impetus in realising the objectives and ideals of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to ensure security, peace and development of our region,» he said.

The new advanced medical centre is expected to help Ghana to further play a pivotal role in health research across the West African sub region.

West African leaders have threatened to remove Mr Jammeh by force.

In due recognition of his visionary leadership, Mr. Agbaje is the recipient of several international accolades such as 2015 CEO of the Year from Finance Monthly, 2015 West African Business Leader of the Year from All Africa Business Leaders Award (AABLA) and 2015 Banker of the Year from World Finance.

The Harvard - trained lawyer told Samson Lardy on Joy FM / MultiTV's Newsfile Saturday, that per the new delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two West African countries, Ghana has added a territory to its share.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has told investors and business leaders from the United Kingdom that Ghana is the ideal place in the West African Region, and on the Continent, to invest and conduct business.

This agreement was part of the resolution reached by the Federal Government and other parties in a suit filed on behalf of the victims and adopted on Monday by the Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja as its judgment.

Marcel de Souza, commission president for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said last week that the body had put standby forces on alert.

Government is also building and commissioning more Community Day Senior High schools, to increase access and to reduce imbalance in the provision of education across the country.This is the vision of the government; to transform Ghana into a leading education hub, for the West African Sub-region, and it was also building new universities, training colleges and vocational schools across the country.

Senegal spearheaded efforts to deploy west African troops in The Gambia after Jammeh's departure, in order to secure a country whose military forces were riven with factions still loyal to the ex-leader.

He described Monkey Pox as a viral illness caused by a group of viruses that include chicken pox and small pox, noting that the first case was noticed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently it had outbreaks in the West African region.

More importantly, the Akufo Addo government can not disregard genuine concerns by Ghanaians that the siting of this base in Ghana and the presence of United States Armed Forces personnel, could make the nation a prime target for terrorists who have intensified their activities in the West African Sub-Region.

Gambian controversial president, Yahya Jammeh, has accused West African regional body, ECOWAS, of declaring war against his country for refusal to step down at the end of his mandate this month.

The swearing - in ceremony on January 19 was held at a fraught time for the tiny west African nation, as Jammeh was refusing to step aside and acknowledge the result of the election Barrow won several weeks earlier.

Nigeria's online vehicle marketplace, Carmudi.com has conducted a survey which revealed that Nigeria is the most expensive country to buy a car when compared to its neighbouring West African countries.

In a welcoming address, the vice chairman of the homeland study group, Mr Gotthold Yao Agra, said the Western Togoland was clandestinely removed at all levels of education in Ghana with the view to creating a vacuum that will consume the identity as a state among United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other international organisations.

Chairman of the association, Alhaji Moro Akakade, in an interview with the B&FT lamented the situation — saying government should emulate the examples of other West African countries and commit funds to revive the sector.

According to him, the positive responses he gave and developments after the December 7 general election when he called the winner, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to concede defeat to him, even before the Electoral Commission (EC) announced the results of the presidential election, constituted a major reason the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) requested him to participate in two missions to Banjul, The Gambia to get Yahya Jammeh to accept the will of the Gambian people and hand over power to Mr Adama Barrow, but which he refused.

TB Joshua's prophesy comes on the back of a similar terror alert issued by the National Security Council in March, which said countries within the West African sub-region are at risk.

Explaining that the virus had the Central African and the West African types, the commissioner said the West African type was milder and had no records of mortality, saying «recently in Bayelsa State, we noticed a suspected outbreak of Monkey Pox.

The much - fancied Starlets failed to score in regulation time for the second game in a row but went ahead to defeat their West African counterparts 6 - 5 on penalties to qualify for their first finals since 2005 when they lost 1 - 0 to The Gambia.

But Miliband himself gave the game away in his Thurrock speech when he said: «Immigration has been changing communities fast, including here in Thurrock, a growing west African community, people coming over from eastern Europe».

In an e-mail sent out to supporters, Lebarty, a West African immigrant who went to Far Rockaway High School and currently works as the executive director for the University Student Senate for the City University of New York, said his campaign finances had prevented him from continuing in the race.

Afua Atta - Mensah, executive director of Community Voices Heard and a Working Families Party (WFP) leader, who is the child of Ghanaian immigrants, ran for district leader in Central Harlem in 2015 due to neglect of the West African population and lack of youth engagement.

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is set to take major action following the recent violent nature of herdsmen.

West African leaders, at a meeting on The Gambia in Abuja, raise alarm over closure of radio stations, mass exodus of people, general insecurity in Gambia.

The U.N. Security Council decided on Wednesday to reduce the number of U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast, citing considerable progress in stabilizing the West African country where a civil war erupted five years ago.

President Muhammadu Buhari hosted West African leaders comprises of Hellen Johnson - Sirleaf (Liberia), Macky Sall (Senagal) and Ghanaian former President John Mahama.

Though Nigeria would be the third West African country to issue Sukuk after Senegal and Cote d' Voire, Osun State had rolled out USD62 million Sukuk in 2013.

The cloth known as African print fabric was created out of Dutch wax textiles, it is believed that in the late 1800s, Dutch ships on their way to Asia stocked with machine - made textiles that mimicked Indonesian Batik stopped at many West African ports on the way.

Ghanaian diplomat and United Nations (UN) Secretary - General's Special Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has denied reports that he has paid a visit to vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in London where he is on a medical leave.

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has said the candidates prevented from writing the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) at Bindi South in the Bunkpurugu — Yunyoo district of the Northern region will benefit from the government's free SHS policy.

President Akufo Addo has also set an ambitious target to make Ghana an aviation hub within the West African sub-region.

We are continuing to prove especially in the West African Subregion that we have embraced democracy and will play by its rules».

Sir Mark Thatcher today pleaded guilty to being part of a coup to oust president Teodore Obiang from the west African country of Equatorial Guinea.