1. Following the Decision of the Summit of the ECOWAS Authority taken on 17th December 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria, Mediation efforts, including visits to Banjul, were undertaken by the Chair of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, HE President Ellen Jo
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Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), briefs the Security Council. 13 January 2017. United Nations, New York.
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Heads of States and Partners during the 50th ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS. Abuja, 17 December 2016. Photo:DR
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Presidential and Parliamentary election in Ghana, 7 December 2016. Credit: UNOWAS