The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) holds Summit on the Future of Regional Integration and the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority, today, July 19, 2026, at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre in Lungi, Sierra Leone. In his final address to the Authority of Heads of State and Government, H.E. The future of ECOWAS he said, “will not be determined solely by the challenges we face today, but by the choices we make in responding to them.” Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was elected Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government taking over from H.E. The Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre in Lungi, Sierra Leone was commissioned by the Heads of State before the Summit.