West African bloc lifts sanctions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
STORY: West African bloc lifts sanctions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:01
LOCATION: Abuja
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of ECOWAS heads of state arriving for the summit
2. various of meetings
3. various of stakeholders present
4. SOUNDBITE (English): OMAR TOURAY, President of the ECOWAS Commission
STORYLINE:
The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday lifted drastic sanctions earlier placed on Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to pressure military juntas in those countries to return to constitutional order.
Sanctions on three countries would be lifted immediately, Omar Touray, president of the ECOWAS Commission, said in a statement after an extraordinary summit in the Nigerian capital of Abuja.
Touray announced the immediate lifting of sanctions on three countries following an extraordinary summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government held Saturday in Abuja, Nigeria.
SOUNDBITE (En
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