US EditionWest African heads meet to keep junta-led nations in bloc and review sanctions against Niger coup
- ECOWAS lifted travel and economic sanctions on Niger following last year's coup, urging junta-led nations to reconsider exiting the regional bloc.
- The lifting of sanctions on Niger aims to ease suffering while targeted individual and political sanctions remain in force, according to ECOWAS President Omar Alieu Touray.
- The region faces threats of fragmentation with the new alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, accentuating the region's struggle against coups and discontent towards elected governments.
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The West African community of states Ecowas has lifted most sanctions against Niger.
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West Africa's regional bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue
West Africa's regional bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year, a senior official announced Saturday.The sanctions will be lifted with immediate effect, the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray said after the bloc's meeting i…
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided to lift sanctions against Guinea, said Omar Allier Toure, head of the community commission. RIA Novosti, February 24, 2024
West Africa's ECOWAS bloc says it's lifting sanctions imposed on Niger over last year’s coup in a new push for dialogue
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