Guinea to begin administering 60 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine

Guinea said it had begun administering coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday using a small number of doses of Russia's Sputnik V, a formula that has stirred controversy. The National Agency for Health Safety (ANSS) said it had obtained 60 doses of the vaccine, which would be administered to middle-aged volunteers on a trial basis.

Prominent Ivory Coast opposition politician Pascal Affi N'Guessan, who was detained following the country's presidential election, has been released under judicial supervision. His release is seen as a key step in repairing relations between the opposition and President Alassane Ouattara's ruling
party.

(Photo: Picture of a syringe and a vial of the Sputnik V vaccine. Credit: Getty Images)