Kevin Rideout, an American missionary kidnapped in the Niger Republic, has been released after spending nine months.
The Malian government also ordered the immediate expulsion of Mr Vezilier from the national territory.
Authorities said the boat, supposed to carry 90 people, held 114 passengers, five crew members and an unspecified number of children.
The commissioner noted that West Africa remained highly vulnerable to climate change.
The WHO chief disclosed that 4,449 confirmed cases and 2,061 deaths had been reported.
Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources has pledged legislative support for establishing a transparent West African refined fuel pricing benchmark.
He said the democratic model adopted by African countries lacked sufficient African context and often failed to meet the continent’s needs.
Mr Gaddhaffy-Dit returned to Nairobi and is receiving medical treatment after his health deteriorated in detention in Juba.
The police command in Cross River says it intervened in a conflict at the Chapel of Redemption, University of Calabar, quelling a Sunday service standoff to prevent bloodshed.
The West African Examination Council has called for strict computer-based testing to curb examination malpractice in some centres called miracle centres.
