The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is strengthening its collaboration with the United States over risk management in the region through the establishment of the Early Warning Systems.
President of the ECOWAS Commission Mr Jean Claude Kassi Brou said this on Saturday after a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of States for African Affairs for the US, Mr Tibor Nagy.
According to him, the US has collaborated with the region to establish early warning systems and centres in five of the fifteen-member commission.
The commission is, however, looking to take the partnership further towards establishing the system as well as centres in the remaining member countries.
He believes the system will help the region in all its human endeavours such as trade, health, agriculture and risk factors such as terrorism and herders/farmers conflicts.
“We used this opportunity to discuss one project that the US is really supporting ECOWAS on. It is the Early Warning…
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