GEJ, other ECOWAS leaders head toOuagadougou for crisis talk

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO3_-eOHVlso491Ypnn7o5Au5yXLxxGK6WkTh7RlnrULu3YcRpzakPu3Nhc2eKk_yqrrFKuYE_P6E8pzHcixAGcp7uWXyRp5lTfOWhbAsTizBoqlvXZPC944z5akl8NsfutHoz_R7oibd/s1600/ecowas_leaders.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Read the State House press release below...<br/>President Goodluck Jonathan will travel<br/>to Ouagadougou tomorrow as a member<br/>of the three-man delegation of Heads of<br/>State and Government raised by the<br/>Economic Community of West African<br/>States (ECOWAS) to facilitate the rapid<br/>resolution of the current political crisis<br/>in Burkina Faso.<br/>Other members of the delegation of ECOWAS<br/>leaders are President Macky Sall of Senegal<br/>and President John Mahama of Ghana who is<br/>the current Chairman of the ECOWAS<br/>Authority of Heads of State and Government.<br/>During their one-day visit to Ouagadougou,<br/>President Jonathan and his Ghanaian and<br/>Senegalese counterparts are expected to meet<br/>with Burkina Faso’s interim Head of State,<br/>Lt.-Col. Isaac Zida, opposition leaders,<br/>members of civil society and other political<br/>stakeholders in the country.<br/>Recent political turmoil in Burkina Faso led<br/>to the resignation of former President Blaise<br/>Compaore and the assumption of power by<br/>Lt.-Col. Zida<br/>The African Union’s democratic charter<br/>requires its 54 member-states to act against<br/>the forceful overthrow of elected governments<br/>on the continent.<br/>The Union has given the Burkina Faso<br/>military an ultimatum to transfer power back<br/>to a civilian administration within two weeks<br/>or face sanctions.<br/>President Jonathan will be accompanied to<br/>Ouagadougou by the Minister of State for<br/>Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed and<br/>some of his principal aides and advisers.<br/>Reuben Abati<br/>Special Adviser to the President<br/>(Media & Publicity)<br/>November 4, 2014

GEJ, other ECOWAS leaders head toOuagadougou for crisis talk

Read the State House press release below... President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Ouagadougou tomorrow as a member of the three-man de...

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