
West African heads of states have chosen Nigeria's newly elected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the Ecowas regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau's leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, Tinubu said at the weekend that democracy was "the best form of government," despite being "very tough to manage".