The Directorate of Political Affairs through its mediation officer Dr. Brown Odigie updated the Delegation on the Commission’s preventive diplomacy, mediation and peace building efforts across the region and highlighted possible areas of cooperation for consideration
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 16, 2025/APO Group/ --
The European Union (EU) is reaching out to the ECOWAS Commission through its Department of Political Affairs Peace and Security (PAPS) to gain more insights to the political and security situation of the region while exploring means of increasing cooperation between the two entities.
The Director, Peace, Partnership and Crisis Management of the EU’s External Action Service, Mr. Cosmin Dobran who led an EU team to PAPS on the 14th of April 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, sought an update by the Commission on a number of issues revolving around peace, security and the fight against terrorism as well as the idea of forging greater partnership for the enhancement of political stability of the region.
The ECOWAS Commission’s Commissioner for PAPS who was represented by the Director of Peace-keeping and Regional Security (DPKRS) Dr. Cyriaque Agnekethom, stated that ECOWAS remains concerned by security threats facing the region. He noted that in the light of current realities and the interlocking nature of the threats, the ECOWAS Commission would rather have all the dimensions of peace and security addressed collectively including the fight against terrorism, maritime security with emphasis on Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing as well as money laundering and terrorism financing.
He maintained further that the ECOWAS Commission remains committed to its core democratic values and good governance principles despite recent setbacks including Unconstitutional Changes of Governments (UCG) and the exit of three Member States from the Community. He emphasised the need to deepen intelligence sharing in the fight against terrorism that knows no national boundaries.
The Directorate of Political Affairs through its mediation officer Dr. Brown Odigie updated the Delegation on the Commission’s preventive diplomacy, mediation and peace building efforts across the region and highlighted possible areas of cooperation for consideration.
It was also further disclosed that consultations were currently on-going for the holding of the special summit on the future of regional integration in West Africa.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
To all the self-respecting Somalilanders, I wish to see our great Somaliland compatriots to see beyond the lies of those few corrupt officials who are misappropriating our resources and selling our future generations resources without anybody questioning and stand up for them courageously so they'll know that we are not small ants and termites and we are equally responsible and care for our country. Let us stand up and say no to EX ADNOC sales man and the likes.
We have had enough of this and can't tolerate it any day longer. This is our land and Somalilander has a right to live in his own country with respect without being terrorized by RRU. let them give way to real Patriots of Somaliland to lead us to a real prosperity and not an imaginary one!
This is excellent news for Somaliland an am sure we heading the right direction and lets support our energy minister to fulfil this promise insha allah as the say they "where there is a will there is a way". In my view Somaliland has the potential to thrive and if we get the energy production up running this will bring employment, development and prosperity with this kind of much needed revenue our country can improve its infrastructure development. Together as Somalilanders we can achieve great a great deal as our population is quite small of about 3.5million and with the size of the country we occupy and the resource we should be the likes of GCC, all we need is a visionary, commitment, trusting and supporting our leaders and of course they should be accountable themselves and it’s a question of getting the cheques and balances right and we do have educated society coming from of all walks of life and with depth of diverse experience and skills from International countries.
In the light of this we should be positive and learn from past mistakes and move on and have a clear strategy as we have put in place now. Let’s forget the petty politics and personality and be patriotic and nationalists for once and put Somaliland first than any other issues.
Kolo, you've said it, we need visionaries but these people are no visionaries and i am not motivated by anything other than my love for my country, by the way i do not live in my country Somaliland but i observe and monitor what's going on in my country from abroad, so i can safely say that we've seen enough of this people and even though i supported them against their predecessors and any hope that they will perform better has just vanished now. My word of advice to my people is that wake up brothers and sisters now before it's to late!
Have a good night sleep!