{"id":40066,"date":"2026-07-20T15:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40066"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:46:31","slug":"senegals-president-appointed-new-ecowas-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/senegals-president-appointed-new-ecowas-chairperson\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal&#8217;s President appointed new ECOWAS Chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision was finalised on Sunday during the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held in Lungi, Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Faye\u2019s appointment is part of the regular rotation of the regional bloc&#8217;s leadership structure. Taking over the mantle for a one-year term, Faye steps into leadership at a critical time, with the West African region currently facing severe security, political, and economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33782,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-40066","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes over ECOWAS leadership","published_date":"2026-07-20 14:25:23","news_description":"Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes over ECOWAS leadership","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40070,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40066\/revisions\/40070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}