{"id":47728,"date":"2026-10-10T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47728"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:42:52","slug":"five-new-ecowas-court-judges-sworn-in-for-non-renewable-terms","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/five-new-ecowas-court-judges-sworn-in-for-non-renewable-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Five new ECOWAS court judges sworn in for non-renewable terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five new judges have been officially sworn in to serve on the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during a ceremony held in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The oath-taking ceremony was presided over by the Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye. The newly appointed jurists, Justice D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Henri Aihou of Benin, Justice Awa Bah of The Gambia, Justice Charlyne Brumskine of Liberia, Justice Henrietta Uzoamaka Didigu of Nigeria, and Justice Yaouza Ouro-Sama of Togo, will serve a single four-year, non-renewable term.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the gathering, Faye urged the new judges to maintain absolute independence, impartiality, and integrity, emphasising that the credibility and public trust of the regional justice system depend heavily on the quality and fairness of their rulings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was attended by senior regional leaders, including ECOWAS Commission President General Birame Diop and ECOWAS Parliament Speaker Hadja M\u00e9mounatou Ibrahima, who praised the outgoing bench and underscored the court&#8217;s vital role in upholding human rights and the rule of law across West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/ECOWAS&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47729,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47728","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"ECOWAS leaders assemble in Nigeria for regional court swearing-in ceremony ","published_date":"2026-10-10 08:38:09","news_description":"ECOWAS leaders assemble in Nigeria for regional court swearing-in ceremony ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47728","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47730,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47728\/revisions\/47730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}