ECOWAS also lifted sanctions against Guinea and Mali. This announcement comes the day after the announcement of the lifting of sanctions against Niger during a summit of heads of state from the region on Saturday in Abuja.

All three countries – Niger, Guinea and Bamako – are ruled by military regimes. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWas) announced, in the final communiqué of Saturday's extraordinary summit, made public this Sunday, February 25, the lifting… Read more at RFI.