The Sixty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was held on 19th July 2026, in Lungi, Sierra Leone, alongside the Summit on the Future of Regional Integration in West Africa, under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr. Julius Maada Bio, Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, and the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
The summit was attended by the following Heads of State and High-Level officials: H.E. Romuald Wadagni, President of the Republic of Benin H.E. Jose Maria Pereira Neves, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde H. E. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia H. E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana H.E. General Mamady Doumbouya, President of the Republic of Guinea H.E. Joseph Boakai, President of the Republic of Liberia H.E. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President of the Republic of Senegal H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone H.E. Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, Vice-President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire H.E. Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria H. E. Robert Dussey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Togolese Abroad of the Togolese Republic