Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has officially taken over as the new ECOWAS Chairman during the 67th ECOWAS Summit in Abuja. The Gambia receives a $43.5 million IMF grant under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility to support climate resilience and long-term economic stability. At the OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting in Istanbul, Mali calls for global reform and denounces neocolonial practices and selective human rights policies. Senegal and Spain move closer in air rescue cooperation, with both countries set to sign a new MoU to bolster SAR (Search and Rescue) capabilities and improve emergency response in West Africa and the Atlantic.