West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) held its 3rd Annual Regional Convening in Accra, Ghana, from March 3-4, 2025. This year’s Convening, on the theme “Leveraging Solidarity Movement in Defense of Democracy across West Africa: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Perspectives,” drew participants from civil society organizations and other civic formations in all the countries in the ECOWAS Region.
The two-day conference deliberated on the state of democracy in West Africa and the future of multilateralism with a focus on ECOWAS and its reform agenda, the changing face of civil society and the civic space in the Sahel states and West Africa, and the potential for strengthening democratic solidarity and resilience in the region in the face of growing threats.
Read more in the communique below: