Madina MP Sosu elected Chairman of ECOWAS Caucus at Africa Parliamentary Union

The Member of Parliament for Madina and prominent human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has been unanimously elected Chairman of the ECOWAS Caucus of the Africa Parliamentary Union (APU).

The election took place on Thursday, November 20, 2025, during a caucus meeting held alongside the 84th Session of the APU Executive Committee and ahead of the 47th Conference of African Parliamentarians in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sosu succeeds Mali’s Alioune Gueye, who chaired the caucus for the past two years.

Having served as Vice Chairman earlier this year, Sosu now steps into the top leadership role a development seen as further evidence of Ghana’s growing influence within regional parliamentary circles.

Ghana’s delegation to the meetings was led by the Second Deputy Speaker and MP for Fomena, Andrew Asiamah Amoako.

Other members included Bede Ziedeng (Lawra-Nandom), Sammy Awuku (Akuapem North), John Oti Bless (Nkwanta North), and Shirley Kyei (Atwima Nwabiagya South).

Before the election, Sosu addressed the APU Executive Committee, calling for stronger continental collaboration on youth unemployment, the green economic transition and the harmonization of national laws to support the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

He also reiterated his long-standing advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty, the criminalization of witchcraft accusations particularly to protect vulnerable older women and the full operationalization of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

Sosu pledged to pursue significant reforms within the ECOWAS Caucus over the next two years and expressed gratitude to fellow delegates for the confidence placed in his leadership.