General News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: starrfm.com.ghGhana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has revealed that ECOWAS tried on several occasions to stop Guinea’s deposed President Alpha Conde from usurping that country’s constitution to seek a third term. Addressing journalists at a Press Conference on Wednesday, Ayorkor Botchwey said claims that ECOWAS stood aloof and failed to prevent Mr Conde from going ahead to change the constitution are inaccurate. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the coup that overthrew President Alpha Conde, the third coup in West and Central Africa since April. The bloc suspended Guinea from the decision-making bodies of the organization last week and sent a mission to meet the coup leaders. Ayorkor Botchway, who chairs the ECOWAS council of ministers, told a news conference in Accra that the mission would report back to ECOWAS leaders on Thursday.
