Transition in Burkina Faso: an ECOWAS delegation takes stock in Ouagadougou

ECOWAS President Umaro Sissoco Embalo (center) and mediator Mahamadou Issoufou in Ouagadougou, July 24, 2022. AFP - OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT

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Discussions between the ECOWAS delegation led by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo this Sunday, July 24 focused on an assessment of the transition process in Burkina Faso since the last Accra summit.

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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,

Appointed president of the conference of heads of state of ECOWAS since the last Accra summit, Umaru Sissoco Emballo was accompanied by the former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou, facilitator, and the president of the ECOWAS Commission.

The delegation met the president of the transition around the

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The President of the Conference of Heads of State of ECOWAS has confirmed the 24-month period granted to the Burkinabè soldiers to hand over power to civilians.

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,” said Umaro Sissoco Embalo after his meeting with the President of Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Henri Damiba.

For the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States, the security challenge, the humanitarian issue, the return to constitutional order, the mobilization of resources and the establishment of the monitoring and evaluation mechanism are the the most important axes and on which the government of the transition must focus.

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo called for mobilization alongside Burkina Faso, because the security issue is not only a Burkina Faso issue, but " 

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He also welcomed the progress made in Burkina Faso in terms of security, because "

", he said.

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• Umaro Sissoco Embalo

• ECOWAS

• Burkina Faso