Search
Search
Journalism from the heart of crises
  1. Home
  2. Africa
  3. West Africa
  • News

ECOWAS summit on regional crisis

    ABIDJAN
    A regional heads of state summit meeting will take place early on 11 April and high on the agenda will be the ongoing crisis on the borders between Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, news organizations reported on Monday. This was one of the decisions taken at a summit Sunday between Malian President Alpha Konare - currently chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)- and Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo. The extraordinary ECOWAS summit will take place in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to try bring the presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone together to make peace. Hundreds of people have died in fighting along the borders since the conflict began in September 2000. Each side blames the other for the cross-border attacks by unidentified insurgents.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Get the day’s top headlines in your inbox every morning

    Starting at just $5 a month, you can become a member of The New Humanitarian and receive our premium newsletter, DAWNS Digest.

    DAWNS Digest has been the trusted essential morning read for global aid and foreign policy professionals for more than 10 years.

    Government, media, global governance organisations, NGOs, academics, and more subscribe to DAWNS to receive the day’s top global headlines of news and analysis in their inboxes every weekday morning.

    It’s the perfect way to start your day.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian today and you’ll automatically be subscribed to DAWNS Digest – free of charge.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join