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Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau. [...]

Published on 19/08/2022 at 06:00 GMT

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West Africa
Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

West Africa
ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

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