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Jean-Claude Kassi Brou to officially be sworn-in as ECOWAS Commission president on 31 July 2018 Lome, 27 th July 2018.  The 53rd ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) scheduled to take place on 31 July 2018 in Lomé, Togo, will also feature the swearing-in of the new President of the regional organisation, Cote d'Ivoire's Jean-Claude Kassi Brou. It was at the end of their 52nd ordinary session held on 16 December 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria, that the West African leaders allocated the position of ECOWAS Commission President to Cote d'Ivoire. They also approved the appointment of Jean-Claude Kassi Brou to the position for a term of four (4) years, effective 1st March 2018.  Until his appointment as President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou was Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Industry and Mines since October 2012. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Economic ...

According to TVC news, Togo is to host the first-ever Summit of Heads of state of ECOWAS and CEMAC. Our checks indicate that the Summit is between ECOWAS and the Economic Community of Central African States(ECCAS) . The Summit is scheduled for 30 July, with the Ordinary Summit taking place on 31 July. Stay tuned!  Source:  https://tvcnews.tv/2018/07/togo-bans-demonstrations-ahead-of-ecowas-joint-summit/