{"id":5225,"date":"2021-10-07T18:52:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2021-10-07T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:52:43","slug":"gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State House, Banjul, 6th October 2021: The Gambia will assume the position of President of the ECOWAS Commission for the period 2022-2026. The decision was arrived at unanimously by the ECOWAS Council.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia\u2019s candidate to occupy this high profile position is Dr. Omar Touray. It is the first time in the history of the ECOWAS Commission that The Gambia will occupy the presidency. The position rotates among the member states of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>President Adama Barrow received the news today with delight, saying it is a sign of the country\u2019s recognition within the sub-region. He noted that The Gambia had gained more respect among its peers in the sub-region since he came to office in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming office, the Barrow administration has strengthened the country\u2019s democratic credentials and respect for the rule of law and the independence of the institutions of the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State House, Banjul, 6th October 2021: The Gambia will assume the position of President of the ECOWAS Commission for the period 2022-2026. The decision was arrived at unanimously by the ECOWAS Council. The Gambia\u2019s candidate to occupy this high profile position is Dr. Omar Touray. It is the first time in the history of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":5226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"State House, Banjul, 6th October 2021: The Gambia will assume the position of President of the ECOWAS Commission for the period 2022-2026. The decision was arrived at unanimously by the ECOWAS Council. The Gambia\u2019s candidate to occupy this high profile position is Dr. Omar Touray. It is the first time in the history of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-07T18:52:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"307\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zamani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zamani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"zamani\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/88f8f3c6219806fa76a30920cd184961\"},\"headline\":\"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-07T18:52:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\",\"name\":\"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-07T18:52:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/88f8f3c6219806fa76a30920cd184961\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg\",\"width\":420,\"height\":307},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/88f8f3c6219806fa76a30920cd184961\",\"name\":\"zamani\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb9ca757b4e1a9d9e1e46e6215d87c8a3203a302fe5d2b7692eb8ae03ff1d07e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb9ca757b4e1a9d9e1e46e6215d87c8a3203a302fe5d2b7692eb8ae03ff1d07e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"zamani\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency - Gambia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency","og_description":"State House, Banjul, 6th October 2021: The Gambia will assume the position of President of the ECOWAS Commission for the period 2022-2026. The decision was arrived at unanimously by the ECOWAS Council. The Gambia\u2019s candidate to occupy this high profile position is Dr. Omar Touray. It is the first time in the history of the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-10-07T18:52:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":420,"height":307,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"zamani","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"zamani","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency"},"author":{"name":"zamani","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/88f8f3c6219806fa76a30920cd184961"},"headline":"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency","datePublished":"2021-10-07T18:52:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg","articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency","name":"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg","datePublished":"2021-10-07T18:52:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/88f8f3c6219806fa76a30920cd184961"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/731.jpg","width":420,"height":307},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/policy\/gambia-assumes-ecowas-commission-presidency#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/88f8f3c6219806fa76a30920cd184961","name":"zamani","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb9ca757b4e1a9d9e1e46e6215d87c8a3203a302fe5d2b7692eb8ae03ff1d07e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb9ca757b4e1a9d9e1e46e6215d87c8a3203a302fe5d2b7692eb8ae03ff1d07e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"zamani"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}