ECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments

Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).

The first leadership was handed to the former Liberian president, William Tubman.

Thanks to the profound work and call for unity by both the Togolese president Gnassingbé Eyadéma and Nigerian former leader Yakubu Gowon, the union came into effect in West Africa.

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