Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is on an official trip to Ghana on Friday May 17 after visiting Nigeria the day before. Alongside the Nigerian Bola Tinubu, also current president of ECOWAS, as well as the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo, the Senegalese head of state pledged to defend democracy and maintain dialogue with Niger, Burkina Faso and The Mali. However, the Sahelian countries are led by the military and announced they were leaving ECOWAS at the start of the year.
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In Nigeria, as in Ghana, the election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye was seen as a sign of hope for “ the democratic future of the region and the continent » and has “ demonstrated the value of constitutional democracy to Africa and the rest of the world. »
In these two English-speaking countries, we also expect the new president Senegalese that he works to “ to bring back » in the bosom of ECOWAS THE ” sister countries »: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. These having been affected by “ unconstitutional overthrows of government “.
The sub-regional organization going through a difficult time “, but ” all is not lost », We can read in particular in the press release published by the Nigerian presidency.
During their meeting in Abuja, Presidents Bola Tinubu and Bassirou Diomaye Faye notably committed to defending “ democratic values » and put them “ at the service of the people “. The two heads of state also promised to collaborate on security issues, and in particular “ the problems of terrorism, banditry, human trafficking and poverty “.
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