Tag: ECOWAS
the dialogue framework opens without the main political parties
Today, the opening ceremony of the inter-Guinean dialogue framework was held in Conakry. The authorities, political parties and civil society will discuss until December 15 the various actions to be…
in kyiv, President Embalo calls for the rapprochement of “two brotherly countries”
As current president of ECOWAS, Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo expressed this Wednesday, October 26 in kyiv the will of Africa to pose as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine.…
after the agreement with ECOWAS, is the start date of the transition well defined?
Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to return power to civilians after two years, giving up under threat of imminent sanctions to rule the country for three years, its leader Mamadi…
the political actors are impatient with the silence of the mediator
The mediator appointed by ECOWAS in the Guinean crisis, Thomas Bony Yayi, has been back since Sunday August 21 in Conakry. As during his first stay last July, the former…
Zelensky talks to Sissoco Embaló to get ECOWAS support
After addressing the African Union on June 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Thursday August 4 with the current president of ECOWAS, the Bissau-Guinean Head of State Umaro Sissoco…
an ECOWAS delegation takes stock in Ouagadougou
Discussions between the ECOWAS delegation led by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo this Sunday, July 24 focused on an assessment of the transition process in Burkina Faso since the last…
ECOWAS virologists meet to prepare for monkeypox
A meeting of the WHO World Health Organization emergency committee is scheduled for Thursday, July 21 to deal with monkeypox. This infectious disease, which is characterized by the appearance of…
an ECOWAS mission to discuss the transition
The ECOWAS mediator for Guinea, former Beninese President Thomas Boni Yayi, has been in Conakry since Tuesday evening July 19. The current president of ECOWAS and the new president of…
Relief in Burkina Faso after the absence of sanctions from ECOWAS
The ruling junta in Bamako and ECOWAS have finally reached an agreement on the duration of the transition in Burkina Faso: it will be 24 months from July 1, against…
The lifting of ECOWAS sanctions offers a breath of fresh air to the Malian economy
The leaders of the member states of ECOWAS decided on Sunday July 3, during a summit in Accra, to lift part of the sanctions which had weighed on the country…