{"id":394160,"date":"2017-06-04T20:03:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/faure-gnassingbe-is-new-ecowas-chair\/"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:03:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T20:03:20","slug":"faure-gnassingbe-is-new-ecowas-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/faure-gnassingbe-is-new-ecowas-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Faure Gnassingb\u00e8 is new ECOWAS chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fauretogo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\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.$0.0.2\">Togo President, Faure Gnassingb\u00e8 has been announced as the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).<\/p>\n<p>He takes over from\u00a0Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to serve as the sub-regional body\u2019s head for the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>His election was announced on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the 51st Ordinary Session of the Heads of ECOWAS ongoing Monrovia, Liberia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$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.$0.0.2\">\u2013<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" data-reactid=\".0.$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<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\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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