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Virtual Launch of Organized Crime, the West African Response to Cybercrime, Money Laundering and Trafficking

(Abuja, 27th October 2020) – ECOWAS announces the official virtual launch of the European Union support to Organized Crime for West Africa Region (OCWAR) projects, which will take place on the 30th October 2020 at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom on-line platform; with the theme: COVID-19: Impact in the fight against Organised Crime in West Africa. […]

eCOMESA Newsletter Issue No. 644

In This Edition: Opportunities Abound for Turning Around the Low Intra-Regional Trade Former Judge President of COMESA Court Passes on Congratulations to the New President of Seychelles 50 Million African Women Speak Platform Unveiled in D R Congo Addressing Bottlenecks Affecting Simplified Trade Regime in the Great Lakes Trade Information Desk Helps Seal Illegal Trade […]

Opposition leader wins Seychelles presidential poll

by Joseph Ngwawi – SANF 21 no 46 The people of Seychelles voted in a peaceful presidential election on 22-24 October that saw priest Wavel Ramkalawan becoming the first opposition candidate to win the ticket to occupy State House since the Indian archipelago’s independence from Britain more than four decades ago. According to results released […]

Paragon Bank supports start-up FinniGroup to create a family plant hire business

Paragon Bank supports start-up FinniGroup to create a family plant hire business Paragon Bank is enabling three Leicestershire-based sisters to follow in the footsteps of their father by providing funding to establish their plant hire business, FinniGroup Ltd. Paragon has built a long-standing relationship with Paul Finnegan, owner of Leicester-based plant hire firm, Joinpoint Ltd. […]

ECOWAS Observers arrive Abidjan ahead of the Presidential Election

Abidjan, October 28, 2020Election Observers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have arrived Abidjan ahead of the October 31, 2020 Presidential Election. Ten long-term observers have already been deployed for two weeks and have been consulting with political stakeholders for the past ten days. While eighty short-term Observers will be deployed. The […]