Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions on Niger Republic following a July coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum violated International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Abubakar Tuggar said decisions of the  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Niger Republic were not influenced by France.

Yahaya Hashim, a quiet, reflective and highly analytical intellectual is a man I have learnt to listen to for over four decades.  So I was not surprised when after all the drama over the July, 2023 coup in Niger Republic, including threats of invasion, sanctions, border closures, electricity cut-off, and a  world that seemed to have moved […]

The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Mr Sidie Tunis, says the sanctions on Niger Republic will be lifted if the junta releases President Mohamed Bazoum.

The ECOWAS Commission said more than 4.8 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are facing food insecurity resulting from the spate of terrorist attacks and military takeover of their governments.

The Economic Community of West African States said the military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are fuelling insecurity in the region.

West African leaders will hold a summit later this month as the region struggles to reverse a series of coups and contain jihadist conflicts in the Sahel.

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament has urged the Heads of State and Government in the region to lift the sanctions imposed on the Niger Republic.

President Bola Tinubu said the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is using back-channel strategies to avoid bloodshed in Niger.

Three military-led West African Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have signed a security treaty that will make them support one another against any external aggression.