The loss of his two main regional allies – the former PR of Nigeria MUHAMMADU BUHARI, who ended his second presidential term in MAY, and the PR of Senegal, MACKY SALL (MS) – led PR UMARO SISSOCO EMBALÓ (USE) to back down from his intention to stand for a second one-year term as acting president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). USE was the first head of state from a Portuguese-speaking country to preside over ECOWAS. READ MORE