Africa News of Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Source: www.ghanaweb.live
2022-02-01First video of ousted Burkina Faso leader as he meets ECOWAS delegation
Ousted Burkinabe President Christian Roch Marc Kabore
The first video of deposed Burkina Faso president Christian Roch Marc Kabore, has been posted on social media a week after his ouster by the military.
A video posted on the Twitter handle of one Fanny Noaro-Kabre showed Kabore meeting a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States', ECOWAS and a representative of the United Nations.
Kabore
Read full articlewelcomes the delegation, he is seen interacting with them and later bidding them goodbye at a facility where he is held under house arrest by the military.
The team was led by Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana's Foreign Minister given that Ghana currently holds the chairmanship of ECOWAS.
The ECOWAS Commission chair is also in attendance as is head of the UN's office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif.
The joint team were part of a high-level ministerial mission ordered by heads of state last Friday, January 28, after they met virtually for an extraordinary summit.
They met with Kabore, the Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba-led junta and other stakeholders for talks on January 31, in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou.
ECOWAS suspended Burkina Faso on January 28 and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of deposed President Christian Roch Marc Kabore.
An in-person summit of leaders is scheduled for coming Thursday in Accra given that the current chairperson of ECOWAS is Ghana president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
