The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift economic sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja on Saturday. The regional bloc, however, said the political and targeted sanctions remained. SaharaReporters…
The Guinea Football Federation has called for calm after six supporters died celebrating the country’s victory over Gambia at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Aguibou Camara scored the only goal to give Guinea a narrow 1-0 victory last Friday, to give his country hope of making the knock-out stage of the tournament….
The United Kingdom has revised its policy on the recruitment of health workers from overseas. The code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, recently updated, has Nigeria returned to the red list countries, which means, “no active recruitment is permitted”. Apart from Nigeria, the UK…
Military Unit Seizes Power in Guinea, Dissolves Constitution. A group of soldiers seized power in Guinea and dissolved the nation’s constitution, according to a statement broadcast on state television. The announcement came hours after heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry, earlier on Sunday morning. Agence France-Presse reported that the…
