Posted 11/23/2023, 8:26:04 AM
ECOWAS Court to Rule on Lifting Niger Sanctions Causing Humanitarian Crisis
- ECOWAS court to deliver ruling on Dec 7 on interim measures regarding sanctions imposed on Niger by ECOWAS leaders
- Sanctions have caused shortages of food, medication, electricity in Niger due to border closures
- Niger requested court order ECOWAS leaders to immediately suspend sanctions
- ECOWAS Parliament appealed to leaders including President Tinubu to lift Niger sanctions
- Sanctions imposed after military officers ousted Niger's president; caused humanitarian suffering