ECOWAS

/ ɛˈkəʊəs /

acronym

1. Economic Community of West African States; an economic association established in 1975 whose members are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Mauritania joined but withdrew in 2002

Example Sentences

The West African bloc Ecowas took a similar action, while urging the military to return to the barracks.

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That only ended in April 2020 when the west African regional bloc, ECOWAS, recognised Embalo as the winner.

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However, the strategy also lays very public stress it places on supporting democratic ideas, the African Union and, in particular, the West African regional organisation Ecowas.

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They had rejected Ecowas' demands for them to restore democratic rule.

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He cited the regional bloc Ecowas's free movement protocol that allows citizens of member states to enter and reside in other West African countries without a visa for up to 90 days.

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