On the Origins of ECOWAS

It’s hard to pin one country in particular that “pioneered” ECOWAS.

The Short Answer is that leaders from Nigeria and Togo (General Yakubu Gowon and Gnassingbe Eyadema, respectively) started pushing for the idea in the early 1970s. Subsequently, ECOWAS was born out of the 1975 Treaty of Lagos

General Yakubu Gowon

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Africa, religion and women (Full Documentary)

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Ethiopia is a Christian island surrounded by Muslim countries and Harar is other island within that island: a difficult city for sorting, the fourth holiest city of Islam with almost a hundred mosques within its walls, and the place where the poet Arthur Rimbaud chose to refuge in his flight from Europe. Here women control on the street the sale of khat, a plant with stimulant powers that sets the pace of Harar. Consumption, ritualized in everyday life of the city, provides its inhabitants a unique identity. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE here for more amazing docs!: http://goo.gl/vNINO4 Follow us on: Facebook: http://ift.tt/1eBzX7i Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewAtlantisDocu
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Things They Never Tell You Or Show You About Ethiopia

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A Magnificent And Captivating Documentary By Joanna Lumley Presenting The Unfolding & Pure History Of The Beautiful Land And Its People. It Worth Watching & Sharing!
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Growing Up in Africa (full documentary)

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Africa is the continent with the highest percentage of children with AIDS, orphans, forced to work nine hours a day for seven days a week in prostitution or suffering from various types of slavery. Various NGOs and private institutions make everything they can to help these children. We will approach them to see some of their efforts they use to help them. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE here for more amazing docs!: http://goo.gl/vNINO4 Follow us on: Facebook: http://ift.tt/1eBzX7i Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewAtlantisDocu
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The world is one large community, and we are all its citizens. If you wanted to help your neighbor, you could easily just go next door. But how exactly can you help someone who’s half-way across the world? Proximity is one obstacle. But then there’s also the question of gathering enough funds to make a difference, figuring out what to do with those funds, and determining who to give those funds to. Fortunately, there are a number of foreign aid charities that do all of the work for you.

Here’s a look at some of the top-rated charities in International Relief and Development according to Charity Watch. All of these organizations have received an A+ Grade, the highest grade that an organization can receive.

International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Website: www.rescue.org

Stated Mission: Serves refugees and communities victimized by oppression and violent conflict worldwide. Provides emergency relief, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement assistance, and advocacy...

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Before Cowboys and Pioneers, These People Lived in Colorado (and still do)

In the minds of many, Denver is a new city. While the likes of New York, Boston, Charleston, and Chicago seem old in comparison, Denver is the equivalent of an adolescent. Many people think of cowboys and pioneers when they think of the first inhabitants of Colorado. But long before American settlers arrived, Colorado and its environs were settled by another people, the Utes...

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Africa: Miracle Water (full documentary)

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Out of the four classical elements: earth, water, air, fire; water is acting more decisively in the daily lives of Africans. Their absence or excess, its necessity as ancestral bearer of life and death, are at the origin of almost all conflicts and at the center of everyday life. Water in Africa, as in any other continent, is an object of veneration, hunting and survival. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE here for more amazing docs!: http://goo.gl/vNINO4 Follow us on: Facebook: http://ift.tt/1eBzX7i Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewAtlantisDocu
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