Central African bloc lifts Gabon sanctions


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  • Sunday, 10 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows traffic and houses in Libreville, Gabon. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - The Economic Community of Central African States agreed to lift sanctions on Gabon on Saturday and reintegrate it into the regional bloc, six months after suspending its membership in response to a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo.

Member states made the decision at a meeting in neighbouring Equatorial Guinea, Gabon's Foreign Minister Regis Onanga Ndiaye said in a televised address late on Saturday.

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