The Morning Call
Much focus at the ECOWAS summit held in Monrovia, Liberia had been on morocco’s petition to rejoin the West African body as a full member, however, political circumstances including a non-African leader that is Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu being invited spun into motion conversations of controversy while at the same time electing a new chair for the body to replace Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Guinea and Mali
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ECOWAS lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue
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ECOWAS leaders meet in bid to keep Mali, Niger and Burkina in bloc
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Nigeria's Yakubu Gowon, the last living founding father of ECOWAS calls for its rescue
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Niger: Authorities default up to almost $520 million in debt payment
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Sahel Alliance: ministers confirm ECOWAS withdrawal at meeting