{"id":83199,"date":"2025-08-01T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:23:30","slug":"ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS President Warns Africa Risks Collapse Without Governance Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has warned that without genuine reforms to improve accountability, discipline, and results in public governance, Africa\u2019s development potential will remain untapped.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday at the on-going Sahel Governance Forum at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, Dr. Touray delivered a candid address that challenged regional leaders to go beyond elections and focus on the deeper foundations of effective governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElections are important, but reducing governance to elections is a very deep view of governance,\u201d he told a packed hall of regional heads of state, ministers, lawmakers, and international partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernance is about accountability. It is about discipline. It is about results,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cUnless we fix governance, Africa will continue to sit on gold mines and oil wells, but African people will continue to run on empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Touray also addressed the sensitive issue of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger\u2019s recent withdrawal from ECOWAS. He stressed that despite institutional disagreements, the community remains committed to regional unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with their departure, ECOWAS continues to consider the three countries as part of the community. The people of West Africa must continue to enjoy the gains of freedom and integration realized over the past 50 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, both sides have agreed to maintain free movement and trade, and are also working on joint frameworks to combat terrorism. He noted the countries\u2019 interest in remaining part of ECOWAS agencies such as GIABA, AAPA, and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development.<\/p>\n<p>The ECOWAS President also praised The Gambia for hosting the high-level event. \u201cThank you for positioning The Gambia not only as a tourist destination but also as a favorite spot for international conferences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As the Sahel Forum continues, Dr. Touray urged participants to use the platform to generate bold, practical strategies to rebuild social trust and restore regional stability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has warned that without genuine reforms to improve accountability, discipline, and results in public governance, Africa\u2019s development potential will remain untapped. Speaking on Wednesday at the on-going Sahel Governance Forum at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, Dr. Touray delivered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-83199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"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>ECOWAS President Warns Africa Risks Collapse Without Governance Reform - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has warned that without genuine reforms to improve acc ...\" \/>\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\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECOWAS President Warns Africa Risks Collapse Without Governance Reform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has warned that without genuine reforms to improve acc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform\" \/>\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=\"2025-08-01T17:45:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-01T18:23:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754059419.227889.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ECOWAS President Warns Africa Risks Collapse Without Governance Reform\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T17:45:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-01T18:23:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform\"},\"wordCount\":338,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754059419.227889.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-president-warns-africa-risks-collapse-without-governance-reform\",\"name\":\"ECOWAS President Warns Africa Risks Collapse Without Governance Reform - 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