On November 12, 2024, H.E. Damtien L. Tchinchibidja, Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, led an ECOWAS delegation to Washington D.C. for the signing of a Memorandum of Academic Agreement between ECOWAS and the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS). Colonel (retired) Dan Hampton, Acting Director of ACSS, emphasized the importance of the partnership in enhancing collaboration on conflict resolution, with a focus on human rights. Vice President Tchinchibidja expressed ECOWAS’s enthusiasm for working with ACSS on capacity building, strategic leadership, and the exchange of best practices, particularly in areas such as data collection, early warning systems, and forecasting. The Vice President was accompanied by Ambassador Kinza Jawara-Njai and other ECOWAS officials from the Permanent Observer Mission to the UN.
Source: ECOWAS website
