Liberia Marks its 178th Independence Day and Honors ECOWAS Peacekeepers
Liberia celebrated its 178th Independence Day on July 26, 2025, in Monrovia, honoring ECOWAS and The Gambia for their ECOMOG peacekeeping efforts during the civil war, with leaders from Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau attending the historic event.
The Gambian Parliament is Divided on Whether to Send Peacekeeping Troops to Sierra Leone
On September 17, the Gambian parliament was divided over a motion to deploy troops to Sierra Leone as part of an ECOWAS peacekeeping mission following a recent attempted military coup, with Vice President Muhammed B.S. Jallow supporting the move and some parliamentarians, like Lamin Ceesay, raising concerns about its precedent.
