ECOWAS AND AFRICA CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES DEEPEN STRATEGIC COOPERATION ON PEACE, SECURITY, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

ECOWAS AND AFRICA CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES DEEPEN STRATEGIC COOPERATION ON PEACE, SECURITY, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

By: Michael Mike

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening strategic collaboration in addressing emerging regional threats, particularly misinformation, disinformation, and growing insecurity across West Africa.

The ACSS delegation led by the Director, Ms. Amanda Dory met with the ECOWAS Vice President , H.E Madam Damtien TCHINTCHIBIDJA at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters, Abuja – Nigeria on Friday, 18th July, 2025.

The high-level discussions held were on strengthening bilateral cooperation in the areas of peace, security, and strategic leadership. The meeting focused on fostering resilient governance structures, enhancing human security, and improving early warning mechanisms to mitigate conflict in the region.

Both parties agreed to collaborate in the following key areas of capacity building for ECOWAS and Member States’ personnel, strategic leadership development for peace and security practitioners, Information sharing and exchange of best practices and Utilization of new technologies and models, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), for data collection, analysis, and scenario-based forecasting.
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