The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has removed the economic sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea.
The decision was taken on Saturday, in Abuja, during the extraordinary summit on the political, security, and peace conditions in the ECOWAS sub-region.
The regional bloc, however, said the political and targeted sanctions remain.
Burkina Faso's junta has announced a ban on all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military seized...
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