General Birame DIOP takes up his post as head of the Commission for the ECOWAS.

On 31 August 2026, General Birame DIOP of Senegal officially took up his post as Chair of the Commission on the ECOWAS, succeeding Dr Omar Alieu TOURAY of The Gambia, whose four-year term had come to an end.

This transition comes a few weeks after the election of H.E. Bassirou Diomaye FAYE, President of the Republic of Senegal, as the current Chair of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of theECOWAS, for a one-year term, at the 69th Summit held in Freetown on 19 July 2026.

As part of its efforts to promote regional integration, the Regional Project on Access to Electricity and Energy Storage Systems (ROGEAP) contributes to the development of energy infrastructure, the improvement of access to electricity and the strengthening of cooperation between the member states of the ECOWAS.

The team at ROGEAP extends its warmest congratulations to General Birame DIOP on taking up his post and wishes him every success in fulfilling his mandate as head of the Commission of the ECOWAS, in the service of development and regional integration