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ECOWAS lift sanctions on Mali
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Malians have been celebrating the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by ECOWAS following the ousting of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Africa’s largest airline has announced the launch of a special Covid-19 medical insurance plan as it moves to re-invigorate passenger flights.
Human Rights Watch launch campaign to end the shackling and chaining of mental health patients.
(Picture: Demonstrators gather during a protest to support the Malian army and the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) in Bamako, Mali, on August 21, 2020. Photo Credit: ANNIE RISEMBERG via Getty Images)
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