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Mahamadou Issoufou is the new current president of the Economic Community of West African States. As soon as he was elected on June 29, the Nigerien head of state gave an overview of the challenges awaiting him.

While the single currency of ECOWAS is announced for next year, the sub-regional organization has just offered a new president in the person of Mahamadou Issoufou. The Nigerien Head of State was elected on June 29 by his peers, during the 55th summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. Buhari’s successor is aware of the region’s problems, and the threats it has faced for years. ” Presiding over ECOWAS at this stage of its development is a heavy task. I would like to continue the work undertaken and take our community one step further on the path to economic and social integration. “, did he declare.

Security, the main challenge

Security in space, particularly with the attacks and abuses of Boko Haram remains the greatest concern of leaders and populations. On the matter, Issoufou said this:

Our region is confronted with maritime piracy, abuses by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, attacks by criminal and terrorist organizations in the Sahel as well as the resurgence of inter-community conflicts. These threats are likely to call into question, if we are not careful, the very existence of our States », « The proliferation of attacks and their occurrence in countries increasingly south of the Sahel raise fears of the metastasis of terrorism throughout the region. The threat is all the more serious as we currently have no visibility on the way out of the crisis in Libya, which has become a sanctuary for terrorist and criminal organizations that fuel all traffic to and from our region. “.