West Africa: Ecowas Honours Ecomog Commanders, Fallen Journalists in Liberia, Sierra Leone War
[Daily Trust] The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday awarded the Commanders of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group, otherwise known as ECOMOG, for restoring peace and unity in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently recognized the Commanders of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group, known as ECOMOG, for their efforts in restoring peace and unity in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea Bissau. The honor was bestowed upon 16 military leaders during an unveiling ceremony in Abuja for a book titled Fighting Bushfires: ECOWAS and Peacemaking in West Africa.
The book, authored by Prof. Amadu Sesay, documented the events and lessons learned during the conflicts in these three nations. The conflict in Liberia lasted from 1990 to 1997, while Sierra Leone experienced war from 1997 to 2000. The recognition came over two decades after peace was restored in the region. The two Nigerian journalists who were killed during the Liberia conflict, Kreed Imodibie and Tayo Awotusin, of the Guardian Newspaper and Champion Newspaper respectively, were also honored with the Symbolic Peace of the Rose Award.
Liberia and Sierra Leone's war also claimed the lives of several individuals, including Liberia's Minister of Defense, Gen. Christopher Musa, who lost ten of his fellow cadets from the Nigerian Defence Academy to the war. Musa emphasized the importance of unity and cooperation within the region to ensure that such sacrifices are not in vain and Africa does not fall.
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