ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AS NEW JUDICIAL TERM BEGINS

ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AS NEW JUDICIAL TERM BEGINS

Hon Justice Charlyne M. BRUMSKINE (Liberia) and Hon Justice Désire Henri AIHOU (Bénin) have emerged new President and Vice-President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS respectively.

The new leadership was elected on 13 October 2026 by the new college of judges. Their emergence marks the beginning of a new leadership chapter for the regional judicial institution following the conclusion of the tenure of the outgoing college of judges.

The new leadership will steer the Court’s judicial and institutional affairs for the next two of their four-year, non-renewable mandate ending 2030. The other three Members of the Court are Hon Justice Awa BAH (The Gambia), Hon Justice Henrietta Uzoamaka DIDIGU (Nigeria), and Hon Justice Yaouza OURO-SAMA (Togo).