{"id":325330,"date":"2017-06-04T19:24:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325330"},"modified":"2017-06-04T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:24:35","slug":"faure-gnassingbe-is-new-ecowas-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/faure-gnassingbe-is-new-ecowas-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Faure Gnassingb\u00e8 is new ECOWAS chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.1.1.$SITE_PAGES.$c21kp_DESKTOP.1.$icolpnyh_1.0.0.$child.$0.1.$1.$5.$0.0.2\">Togo President, Faure Gnassingb\u00e8 has been announced as the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).<\/p>\n<p>He takes over from\u00a0Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to serve as the sub-regional body&#8217;s head for the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>His election was announced on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the 51st Ordinary Session of the Heads of ECOWAS ongoing Monrovia, Liberia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.1.1.$SITE_PAGES.$c21kp_DESKTOP.1.$icolpnyh_1.0.0.$child.$0.1.$1.$5.$0.0.2\">In attendance at the meeting was the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. \u00a0who congratulated the incoming chairperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.1.1.$SITE_PAGES.$c21kp_DESKTOP.1.$icolpnyh_1.0.0.$child.$0.1.$1.$5.$0.0.2\">President Gnassingbe will officially assume the role at the end of the Summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.1.1.$SITE_PAGES.$c21kp_DESKTOP.1.$icolpnyh_1.0.0.$child.$0.1.$1.$5.$0.0.2\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.1.1.$SITE_PAGES.$c21kp_DESKTOP.1.$icolpnyh_1.0.0.$child.$0.1.$1.$5.$0.0.2\">By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Togo President, Faure Gnassingb\u00e8 has been announced as the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). 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