Guinea Bissau president elected as new chairman of Economic Community of West African States

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Guinea Bissau president elected as new chairman of Economic Community of West African States

STORY: Guinea Bissau president elected as new chairman of Economic Community of West African States DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots of ECOWAS heads of state 2. Shots of Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo 3. Various shots of ECOWAS meeting 4. SOUNDBITE (English): JEAN CLAUDE KASSI BROU, ECOWAS Commission president 5. Various of the heads of state STORYLINE: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday elected Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo, the president of Guinea Bissau, as its new chairman. Embalo was elected during the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Accra, the Ghanaian capital. He will replace Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Ghanaian president, who had been the chairman since September 2020. SOUNDBITE (English): JEAN CLAUDE KASSI BROU, ECOWAS Commission president "President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, who is also the chair of authority, since Sep

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