The 2012 ECOWAS Games was the second biennial regional sports meeting of the Economic Community of West African States.[1] The event was held in Accra, Ghana from the 16th of June to the 22nd of June 2012. Ghana's sports team won the most medals at the event. The 5 sports that featured in the 2012 games were athletics, wrestling, handball, volleyball and boxing. The first edition of the event was held in Nigeria in 2010.[2] The games were sponsored by Rlg Communications, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ghana Oil Company, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ghallywood and Zoomlion.[3]
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The major multi-sport event of West Africa is the ECOWASGames which commenced at the 2012ECOWASGames. Football is also a pastime enjoyed by many, either...
support of ECOWAS and the AU's reactions to the coup. Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara, who was the rotational chairman of ECOWAS, said that...
two years earlier. It was organised by the ECOWASGames Council headed by Dan Isokrari. During the games, a second edition to be held in 1979 in Cotonou...
something from a champion". Earlier in 2012, he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the ECOWASgames. He qualified to represent Ghana at...
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the government's commitment to a 2024 election, ECOWAS agreed to lift sanctions on the country. Until 2012, Mali's foreign policy orientation had become...
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organization changed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 1975. A founding member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in...
that supplies about 30% of the electricity of the country. As host to the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, inaugurated...
and Communication Technology: ECOWAS adopts a Regional Strategy for Cybersecurity and the fight against Cybercrime". ECOWAS Parliament Website. Retrieved...
to support the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Liberian National Transitional Government to implement peace agreements...
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Extraordinary Session 2021 of ECOWAS Parliament: Adoption of the Strategic Plan (2020-2024) as the first priority". ECOWAS Parliament Website. Retrieved...
War was halted in 2003 amid a ceasefire while France and the states of ECOWAS intervened. Peace talks fell apart on March 7 until the ceasefire was restored...
Representative for Darfur". African Union. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2022. "ECOWAS creates peace fund, retains Kufuor as chairman". The New...
the standard-bearer for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and ECOMOG (especially during the Liberia and Sierra Leone civil wars)...
[sic]. Regional courts pressured countries to decriminalize defamation. The ECOWAS Court of Justice, which had jurisdiction over cases pertaining to human...
non-military sanctions on Sudan. In March 2007, threats to boycott the Olympic games were made by French presidential candidate François Bayrou, in an effort...
January 2012. "Eric L. Bradley, Deputy Commander". 8tharmy.korea.army.mil. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012. "Compensation...
Summer Olympic Games of the 2020s include Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028, as well as Tokyo 2020 in 2021 (the first ever Olympic games to be delayed...
into the multinational force in February 2012. The Federal Government of Somalia was established in August 2012, constituting the country's first permanent...
Gambian constitutional crisis: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches a military intervention in the Gambia after Yahya Jammeh refuses...
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