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The 69th ECOWAS summit in Freetown

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At its July 19 summit in Freetown, ECOWAS elected Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye as chair, and Guinea’s coup leader Mamadi Doumbouya attended for the first time since Guinea’s 2021 suspension. The report does not say whether the summit concluded or its deliberations were completed.

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    1. Update 1Faye Takes ECOWAS Helm as Guinea's Doumbouya Returns After Five-Year Suspension

    The story so far

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      Faye Takes ECOWAS Helm as Guinea's Doumbouya Returns After Five-Year Suspension

      Senegal's 46-year-old president inherits a bloc juggling security crises, a stalled single currency and the slow reintegration of its coup-born members.

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      • Whether the ECO single-currency timeline has been formally reaffirmed.
      • What concrete security commitments emerged beyond the standard communiqué language.

    History

    1. Opened1 report

    Who's involved

    People

    • Bassirou Diomaye FayePresident of Senegal since 20241 report
    • Julius Maada BioPresident of Sierra Leone since 20181 report
    • Lansana KouyatéPrime Minister of Guinea1 report
    • Mamady DoumbouyaGuinean military officer and politician (1980-)1 report

    Places

    • FreetownFreetown, Sierra Leone1 report
    • GuineaGuinea1 report
    • SenegalSenegal1 report

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