Economic Community of West African States

The United Nations Ebola chief said Nov. 18 his top priority now that the deadly Ebola epidemic appears to be nearing an end is helping more than 15,000 survivors who need medical and psychological support.

Ankara has voiced ?concern? over a military coup in Burkina Faso, saying it ?rejected interventions in politics? through methods that are not democratic.

The inter-institution task force dealing with the abduction of a Romanian citizen in Burkina Faso confirmed his identity after watching a video released on Saturday by unknown persons.

Two French special forces soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in Burkina Faso returned home on July 2 and were taken into custody, said a legal source.

France has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children, including a five-year-old girl, in the west African country of Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said June 30. 

French and American troops are helping the army of Burkina Faso in the search operations for a Romanian hostage, Burkinabe Interior Security Minister Auguste Denise Barry declared on Tuesday, as quoted by AFP.

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The French and American have drones based in neighbouring Niger, operating over the Sahel.

A Romanian court has ruled that the alleged followers of the Islamic State group, ISIS, represented a danger to the security of the country and ordered their expulsion.

They were prohibited from returning to the country for between three to seven years, Romania's internal intelligence agency, SRI, said in a statement on Saturday.

The family of the Romanian citizen abducted on Saturday by armed people in Burkina Faso was invited on Sunday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) to discuss with the representatives of the ministry's task force working on this incident, the Spokesperson and Communication Directorate of the MAE informed AGERPRES.

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A year after the formal announcement of the spread of Ebola by the WHO, at least 24,000 people were infected and more than 10,000 lost their lives.

BELGRADE - The exhibition entitled "Traditional African Murals" by Natasa Njegovanovic Ristic will be opened at the Museum of African Art in Belgrade on Tuesday.

The exhibition will display photographs of painted, relief and mosaic decorations used in house exterior and interior design and settlements in different parts of the African continent.