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ECOWAS sets up team on
death of Ghana’s in The Gambia
Accra, Aug. 18, Ghanadot/GNA – A
joint UN-ECOWAS fact-finding team has been established to
investigate the death of some Ghanaians found buried in The
Gambia three years ago and to help bring the matter to a
peaceful closure.
The team, led by Mr Curtis Ward, an advisor to the UN,
includes a representative each of the governments of Ghana
and The Gambia, an ECOWAS statement said at the weekend.
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, President of ECOWAS Commission,
inaugurated the team in Abuja. It was witnessed by Mr. Sammy
Kum Buo, Director of Africa in the Department of Political
Affairs at the UN, as well as
Ghanaian and Gambian officials.
The team, to be supported by experts, will be based at the
Headquarters of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja.
Mr. Ward is expected to visit The Gambia and Ghana shortly
for preliminary discussions with government officials.
The team was established at the request of the two
Governments, “to bring peaceful closure to this matter,
consistent with the principles of justice and respect for
human rights and human dignity,” the statement said.
The final resolution of the matter will also help to restore
and strengthen the traditionally cordial relations between
the two countries, it added.
GNA
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