{"id":441106,"date":"2025-11-23T01:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/11\/23\/ambassador-baba-kamara-leads-ecowas-election-observer-mission-to-guinea-bissau\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:24:43","slug":"ambassador-baba-kamara-leads-ecowas-election-observer-mission-to-guinea-bissau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/11\/23\/ambassador-baba-kamara-leads-ecowas-election-observer-mission-to-guinea-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Baba Kamara leads ECOWAS election observer mission to Guinea-Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/333\/33364232.295.jpg\" alt=\"ECOWAS has appointed Baba Kamara as Head of Mission for its Election Observation Mission (EOM)\" title=\"ECOWAS has appointed Baba Kamara as Head of Mission for its Election Observation Mission (EOM)\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>ECOWAS has appointed Baba Kamara as Head of Mission for its Election Observation Mission (EOM)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\"> The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Ghanaian statesman and diplomat, Ambassador Baba Kamara, as Head of Mission for its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ahead of the country\u2019s general elections scheduled for 23rd November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In an official communication dated 14th November 2025, ECOWAS conveyed its decision to dispatch an 80-member observation team to Guinea-Bissau from 19th to 26th November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The mission will consist of experts drawn from foreign ministries, electoral commissions, ECOWAS Ambassadors, the Council of the Wise, ECOWAS Court of Justice, civil society organisations, media practitioners, and other electoral specialists across the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment recognises Ambassador Kamara\u2019s extensive diplomatic and security expertise, spanning more than four decades of public service to Ghana and West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>A former National Security Advisor, he has served in several high-level roles, including Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner to Nigeria (with concurrent accreditation to Cameroon, Chad, and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 &amp; Pr\u00edncipe) and Ghana\u2019s Permanent Representative to the ECOWAS Commission from 2009\u20132012.<\/p>\n<p>He also served as Senior Presidential Advisor before assuming the role of National Security Advisor between 2013 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Kamara is widely recognised as a respected statesman with deep insight into peace, security, democracy, and governance across West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>His experience in election observation includes serving as Deputy Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission for Nigeria\u2019s 2023 Presidential Elections, as well as participating in election monitoring exercises in Togo and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ambassador Kamara holds the position of Special Envoy for Counterterrorism for ECOWAS, a role to which he was appointed in July 2023 by the Authority of Heads of State and Government, in recognition of his depth of experience in regional security and diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Kamara\u2019s leadership is expected to strengthen ECOWAS\u2019 commitment to promoting credible, transparent, and peaceful elections in Guinea-Bissau as part of its broader mandate to uphold democracy and good governance in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECOWAS has appointed Baba Kamara as Head of Mission for its Election Observation Mission (EOM) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Ghanaian statesman and diplomat, Ambassador Baba Kamara, as Head of Mission for its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ahead of the country\u2019s general elections scheduled for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":441107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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