Photos: ECOWAS 3rd Extraordinary Session on Mali and Guinea

Opening the Extraordinary Session of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Guinea and Mali, Akufo-Addo led participating heads of state to observe a minute’s silence in the memory of those killed in the tragic situations in Niger and Sierra Leone.

At least 69 Nigerien civilians were killed in an attack by militants Tuesday, while 108 Sierra Leoneans were killed in a fuel tanker explosion late Friday.