Liberia's President Joseph Boakai poses for a photo, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting,in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, July 7, 2024. West Africa's divided regional bloc has appointed Senegal's President Basirou Diomaye Faye to dialogue with the three military junta-led member states that have left the association to try and get them back and reunite the region whose stability is under threat. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)