West Africa

Tunisia is seeking an observer role while Mauritania wants to return to ECOWAS.

The announcement came a day after Senegal recalled its envoy from Doha, citing its “active solidarity” with Saudi Arabia.

The Togolese President wants the relationship between his country and Nigeria to remain close.

ECOWAS’s 15 member states also gave preliminary approval to Morocco’s bid to join the bloc.

The survivors said they had been left there by smugglers.

Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania have proposed a regional task force.

Two former soldiers are wanted in connection with the 2004 killing.

The ECOWAS leader also called for peace in the region.

Heavy gunfire on Monday paralysed much of Abidjan and the western port city of San Pedro.

Mutinous soldiers shot three people on Saturday and cut off access to the second largest city, Bouake.

The troops will be sent to the West African country in two batches.

The affected officials served under former dictator Yahya Jammeh.

“The marginal increase in the index was mainly due to a rise in transport fare.”

The outbreak has stirred anxiety about another Ebola outbreak.

The protesters represent some 6,800 former fighters who were demobilised after Ivory Coast’s civil war in 2011.

Five additional seats will be appointed by Mr. Barrow, who took power on January 19.

Five seats would be appointed directly by President Adama Barrow.

Most of the dozen or so Gambian migrants interviewed by Reuters had been gone for more than a year.

Offshore buyers constituted 90 per cent of accepted bids, according to Barclays Bank Ghana sources.

The incoming governor had served as Director of Research in the bank between 2003 and 2011.

The charges were linked to her role in a 2011 civil war that killed about 3,000 people.

Critics are alarmed at the cost of governance.

Solo Sandeng died last year in government custody, and his body was not recovered.

The mayor, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested late on Tuesday

Northern Mali continues to be hit by violence and Islamists have made occasional gains in the region.