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 Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday cleared Nigeria and Super Eagles players of any wrongdoing during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles impressed at the AFCON as they reached the final of the tournament, losing 2-1 to Ivory Coast. However, CAF’s investigations did not find any infractions on the part…
Military leaders in Niger Republic, who took over power from democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum on the 26th of July, 2023, have formed a military alliance with the neighbouring countries of Burkina Faso and Mali. The Junta in Burkina Faso and Mali also seized power from democratically elected Presidents. The development was disclosed by the…
Mali and Burkina Faso will send a joint delegation to Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Monday in a show of solidarity amidst a coup crisis, the Malian army said. “Burkina Faso and Mali are sending a delegation to Niamey to show the solidarity of the two countries with the brotherly people of Niger,”…
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…
AFCON referee, Janny Sikazwe, has claimed that he could have died of heatstroke after he prematurely blew the final whistle on two occasions, during Tunisia vs Mali clash. The Zambian referee ended Tunisia’s game against Mali 13 seconds before the 90th minute after he suffered heatstroke and severe dehydration, before he was taken to hospital. Speaking…
The Confederation of African (CAF) football has released a statement on the football match between Mali vs Tunisia on Wednesday January 12, which had a controversial ending. Recall that the match which 1-0 in favour of Mali, triggered controversies after the Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe ended the game with only 85 minutes played. In a…
