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His Excellence Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas,the head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission to Sierra Leone "Atmosphere of the polling stations was generally peaceful with security agents present in 92% of the polling stations where we visited". He also said that 37% of the polling stations observed, commenced it's operation within the first hour, while 63% of cases of polling started with considerable delays due to the late arrival of ECSL staff and polling materials. He made this known in a statement on Monday 26 June, 2023, at a joint press conference organized by ECOWAS, AU and Commonwealth Observation Missions to Sierra Leone held at Bintumani hotel, Freetown. The Articles 12 and 13 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance mandates the ECOWAS Commission to provide assistance to member states conducting elections . . . . He explained based on the above mentioned articles(12 and 13) that Commission provided capacity building for stakeholders o...

June 1, 2023 was a very dark day for my country and for all Senegalese. I would say even more, all over the world, all the friends of our country are certainly unhappy to see terrible images reaching them. I can assure you that I am deeply hurt by what happened on June 1, 2023. However, it is not because I am gripped by these tragedies, this incredible violence, these deaths that I do not wonder why. and does not reflect on what to do so that serenity regains the upper hand over hatred, violence, horrors, the lack of lucidity, and the obtuse blindness of all of us Our country was not built without violence or without violent conflict. Democracy was established through protests and street fights. Even in the party that is mine, the PS, nothing has always been done without deep dissension and sometimes violence. This is why I would like to speak to my fellow citizens as a member of the PS, elected from my region, and above all a deputy and therefore a legislator to say first of all ...

written By VYVG correspondent   ECOWAS Parliament held its 2023 First Ordinary Session in Abuja on 8th May, 2023. During the Session, it is expected that the Community Reports of the sub-region will be presented by the President of the ECOWAS Commission H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray while the Country Reports will be presented by the fifteen member Countries of the subregion in the Plenary. Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso are on Suspension from the activities of ECOWAS due to the unaccepted transition of power in those countries. Ten out of the twelve remaining member countries presented their reports, while Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone could not present their report during the 2023 First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament; All efforts made by our team to ascertain why the two countries were not able to present their country reports were futile, bearing in mind that Sierra Leone is the Home Country of the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament. The Country Report consists of...