GHANA-ACCRA-ECOWAS-ORDINARY SESSION

GHANA-ACCRA-ECOWAS-ORDINARY SESSION

(220703) -- ACCRA, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo (L, Front), the president of Guinea Bissau, attends the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday elected Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo, the president of Guinea Bissau, as its new chairman. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

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