Accra hosts second ECOWAS games

From 01 Jun 2012 to 11 Jun 2012

Accra will host the second edition of the Under 23 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) games from 2 - 12 June.

168 participants are expected to take part in the games, which are designed to promote regional integration and peace within the sub-region, and include a variety of sporting disciplines such as athletics, boxing, wrestling and football.

The inaugural tournament was held in Abuja, Nigeria in September 2010.

ECOWAS uses sport as a means of uniting countries and regularly organises sporting activities, and the games are open to all 15 member states.

The mission of ECOWAS – which was founded in 1975 – is to promote economic integration between its 15 member states: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.