Senegal’s President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), succeeding Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio at the conclusion of the regional bloc’s summit. Faye’s emergence comes at a critical time for the 15-member regional bloc as it…
The Senegalese government has nominated Birame Diop, a retired air force general and the country’s current minister of the armed forces, as its candidate for president of the Economic Community of West African States. Mr Diop’s nomination was announced in a statement by Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, on Monday. It explained that Senegal’s…
The Economic Community of West African States has issued a formal statement expressing deep concern over the escalating hostilities in the Gulf region, warning that continued military intensification could have serious consequences not only for the Middle East but for global peace, energy markets and food supply chains, particularly across vulnerable regions such as Africa. The communiqué, released in…
