Highlights: ECCAS lifts its sanctions against Gabon which rejoins the regional body. Six months after the implementation of sanctions, Gabon is therefore reintegrated into regional bodies. The next step is reintegration into the African Union. ECCAS will send an advocacy mission to the AU and the United Nations to explain the process of readmission of Gabon. The sanctions againstGabon were taken in the wake of the coup d'état of August 30. The suspension was a hard blow for Gabonese diplomacy, isolating the country on the regional scene.

While Gabon announced, a few days ago, the upcoming holding of an “Inclusive National Dialogue”, the heads of state and heads of government of Central Africa met on Saturday…

ECCAS lifts its sanctions against Gabon which rejoins the regional body

While Gabon announced, a few days ago, the upcoming holding of an “Inclusive National Dialogue”, the heads of state and heads of government of Central Africa met on Saturday, March 9, in Malabo , in Equatorial Guinea, for the 24th ordinary session of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).

On this occasion, the conference of heads of state decided to lift sanctions against Gabon.

During the summit, Saturday March 9, 2024, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Gabon lifted sanctions against Gabon.

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The sanctions against Gabon were taken in the wake of the coup d'état of August 30.

Six months after the implementation of sanctions, Gabon is therefore reintegrated into regional bodies.

The ECCAS headquarters is also maintained in Libreville.

The ECCAS notes in its final press release “

significant progress in the return to constitutional order

” with in particular the establishment of a 24-month transition timetable.

In the process, the Gabonese Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed these decisions and expressed his warm thanks to the heads of state and government of the region.

The suspension of ECCAS was a hard blow for Gabonese diplomacy, isolating the country on the regional scene.

During the previous summit held in December,

General Oligui Nguema

failed to convince his counterparts.

Among the regional recommendations was again the holding of an inclusive political process.

This Friday, the decree convening the Inclusive National Dialogue in Gabon was published in the official journal.

The next step is reintegration into the African Union.

ECCAS will send an advocacy mission to the AU and the United Nations to explain the process of readmission of Gabon.

The press release highlights the “

support of the people for the transition process, its inclusiveness and its peaceful nature

”.

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ECCAS lifts its sanctions against Gabon which rejoins the regional body

ECCAS lifts its sanctions against Gabon which rejoins the regional body

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