President Bio Meets Burkina Faso’s Traoré, Pledges to Restore Peace and Cooperation

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio has become the first leader of the West African bloc ECOWAS to visit a member of the Sahelian Alliance of States.

Bio, who took over the chairmanship of ECOWAS in June, met with Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, at the presidential palace in Koulouba.

According to Sierra Leone’s state house, Bio stated that he committed to fostering closer ties and cooperation between ECOWAS and the Sahel alliance during the one-day visit, where he vowed to ensure that peace returns to Burkina Faso.