ABUJA, Nigeria — Liberian lawyer and law professor Charlyne M. Brumskine was elected president of the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, a week after she was sworn in as one of five new judges on the regional bench.








By Rodney D. Sieh
Her fellow judges chose her on 13 October 2026 to lead the Abuja-based court, the judicial arm of the West African bloc, for a two-year term. The election makes Justice Brumskine, the first Liberian woman to sit on the court, the head of an institution that rules on disputes between member states, ECOWAS institutions and individuals, including human rights complaints brought by ordinary citizens of the region.
“With profound humility and a deep sense of duty, I address you as the newly elected President of this distinguished judicial institution,” she said in her acceptance address.
“I am sincerely grateful to my esteemed colleagues for the confidence they have each reposed in me. I acce...
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