Djibloho - Equatorial Guinea hosts on December 15 the 5th Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), whose focus will be the current situation in Gabon.
The event to take place at the administrative City of Djibloho will be preceded by the meeting of the Council of Ministers, within the framework of the Central African Peace and Security Council regarding the political transition in Gabon.
The agenda for the ministers' meeting includes analyzing information from the Special Envoys on developments in ECCAS facilitation process in Gabon and from the President of the ECCAS Commission on the implementation of the decision to temporarily relocate the Community's headquarters to Malabo (Equatorial Guinea).
Gabon was suspended and removed from the body's leadership in September this year following the coup d'état that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba from power by a group of militaries.
ECCAS appointed the President of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin Archange Touadera, as the crisis mediator and approved the temporary transfer of the headquarters and presidency from Gabon to Equatorial Guinea.
Following his appointment as the organization’s facilitator for dialogue with Gabonese civil society, political actors and the armed forces, the CAR’s President travelled to Gabon where he was received by General Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon's transitional president following the coup.
ECCAS has drawn up a roadmap to serve as a guiding method for the mediator to apply the measures taken by the organization.
ECCAS is made up of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. VM/VIC/DAN/AMP
