President Bola Tinubu and leaders of ECOWAS countries are currently meeting in Abuja.
The 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads
of State and Government is taking place at the State House Conference Centre,
in Abuja.
Leaders of West African countries at the meeting include
President Julius Bio (Sierra Leone, ECOWAS Chair), President Patrice Talon
(Benin), José Maria Neves (Cabo Verde) and Alassane Ouattara (Côte d’Ivoire).
Others are Adama Barrow (The Gambia), John Mahama (Ghana),
Umaro Embaló (Guinea-Bissau), Joseph Boakai (Liberia), Bassirou Faye (Senegal)
and Faure Gnassingbé (Togo).
The meeting is coming against the backdrop of five turbulent
years for West Africa, which saw coups in Mali (2020, 2021), Burkina Faso
(twice in 2022), and Niger (2023).
The latest incidents include an attempted coup in Benin on
December 7, 2025, and renewed instability in Guinea-Bissau.
At the time of filing this report, details of the meeting
are yet to be disclosed.
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