West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali • FRANCE 24 English

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracy and published a new electoral law. #Mali #ECOWAS #sanctions 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE – Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: […]

Mali ‘strongly condemns’ ECOWAS sanctions; closes land borders

Mali’s military-dominated government has “strongly” condemned “illegal” sanctions imposed on the country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), adding that it has closed its land borders “with the states concerned”. On Sunday, ECOWAS and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) imposed a raft of economic and diplomatic sanctions in response […]