A general view shows the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra 19 January 2005 during the opening of the 28th summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS members are to choose a new chairman to replace outgoing Ghanaian President John Kufuor and discuss future security needs of the tumultuous region. According to sources within ECOWAS and its member-states, the next chairman is likely to be Mathieu Kerekou, veteran president of tiny, francophone Benin. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO