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ECOWAS holds three summits without discussing Morocco's bid

This year, ECOWAS held three summits without examining Morocco’s bid to join the regional economic group. The process is expected to take time.

ECOWAS : The UN convenes experts to study implications of Moroccan membership

The ECOWAS Commission has not revealed yet the results of a study meant to examine implications of Moroccan membership. A situation the United Nations proposed to work on by hosting an expert meeting in Benin.

ECOWAS presidential committee to submit its report on Morocco’s membership June in Lomé

Allowing Morocco to be a member of ECOWAS depends on a report. Drafted by a presidential committee, the impact report is to be submitted June in Lomé during the upcoming summit.

As in Addis Ababa, the Lome summit ignores Morocco’s bid to join ECOWAS

ECOWAS held another extraordinary summit without giving a final answer to Morocco’s bid to join the regional economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa.

Presidential elections in Nigeria: Morocco's accession to ECOWAS becomes a political map of anti-Buhari

Pending the presidential election in Nigeria (February 2019), the question about Morocco's accession to ECOWAS has become the hobby horse of some opponents of the second term of Buhari. This is the case of the lawyer Femi Falan.

An ECOWAS parliamentary delegation to visit Morocco on March 20-25

Opposing Morocco’s membership to ECOWAS, Nigerian retired Ambassadors stick to their guns

Once again, the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria has expressed its strong opposition to Morocco’s ECOWAS membership. The next Nigerian presidential elections are to take place in February 2019 and Rabat will have to settle the matter before this deadline.