ECOWAS has appointed veteran Guinean diplomat and former prime minister Lansana Kouyate as its new mediator to reopen dialogue with Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, AFP news agency reports. Kouyate, who once served as ECOWAS executive secretary, confirmed to AFP that he has been named chief negotiator, a move regional leaders hope will ease tensions and rebuild trust after years of political fractures across West Africa. The three Sahel states have drifted closer to Moscow while accusing ECOWAS of aligning with Western interests. Past mediation efforts by Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ghana’s President John Mahama failed to convince the juntas to return. ECOWAS officials say Kouyate’s decades of diplomatic experience make him well‑placed to “bring the peoples of West Africa closer together” at a time when regional unity is being severely tested.
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