WAEMU: Bassirou Diomaye Faye convenes the High-Level Committee on Peace and Security on July 10 in Dakar

The Senegalese capital is preparing to host a major institutional event for the future of the sub-region. In an official press release published on July 2, 2026, in Ouagadougou by the Communications Department, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) announced the holding of the seventh meeting of the High-Level Committee on Peace and Security.

This major meeting will be held on July 10, 2026 in Dakar. The discussions of this session will be chaired by the President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FAYE, in his capacity as Chairman of this strategic committee.

The work will focus primarily on an in-depth analysis of the current security situation within the WAEMU member states. Participants will also provide a detailed update on the implementation of the due diligence measures and recommendations stemming from the previous, 6th meeting of the Committee.

The importance of the issues at stake will mobilize the highest political and financial authorities of the eight member states of the Union. The meeting will therefore include the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Security, and Finance. They will sit alongside the principal leaders of the Union's institutions, notably the President of the WAEMU Commission, the Governor of the BCEAO, the President of the BOAD, as well as the Presidents of the Court of Justice and the Inter-Parliamentary Committee (CIP/WAEMU). To optimize decision-making, this summit of Heads of State and institutions will be preceded by a preparatory ministerial meeting.

As a reminder, the High-Level Committee on Peace and Security is a key body whose foundations were laid at the Conference of Heads of State and Government of June 6, 2012, in Lomé, Togo. Twelve years later, faced with contemporary security challenges, the Dakar session promises to be decisive for the coordination of defense and economic stability strategies within the community.