Senegal’s President, Bassirou Faye, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.

Faye emerged as the new chairman during the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS which took place in Sierra Leone on Sunday.

The Senegalese president succeeds his Sierra Leonean counterpart and Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority, Julius Bio.

As the new chairman, he is expected to intensify efforts to rebuild trust and keep communication channels open with the three breakaway countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

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