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Aisha Sulaiman was running a countdown to September when she will write her final examination at the Maryam Abacha University in Maradi, Niger Republic. Then, the country’s democratically elected government was toppled by troops from the country’s Presidential Guard. She no longer looks forward to that examination. “With the closure …

Three weeks ago, Badamasi Mohammed left his wife and two children in Maradi, Niger’s second-largest city for a trip to Kano, about 300km away (186 miles) in northwestern Nigeria. But since August 5, the 30-year-old freight truck driver has been stuck like more than 20 other trucks, at the Jibiya …

The United States has warned of possible economic sanctions if Uganda’s anti-Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) legislation is signed into law. The United Nations and the United States led calls Wednesday (March 22) for Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to reject what they have labelled an “appalling” anti-gay bill. “We …

The UN Security Council has extended sanctions and an arms embargo against Sudan by a year. The 15-member council voted to renew the mandate of the panel of experts charged with monitoring and implementing the sanctions and embargo until 12 March next year. Thirteen countries voted in favour of the …

West African leaders will not go through with a threat to sanction Mali for jailing 46 Ivorian soldiers, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Wednesday, preferring to give time for Togo’s mediation in the diplomatic spat to bear fruit. Malian authorities detained the Ivorian troops after …

The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, has announced more sanctions on Guinea’s military government after it failed to establish a new schedule for a transition to democracy. In an extraordinary summit held on Thursday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, leaders …

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has issued notices to ten street preachers and five persons engaged in the sale of products using public address system in the Central Business District for operating without a permit and making noise contrary to AMA Abatement of Noise Bye-Law 2017. Public Health Officers of …

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday shelved for a month its decision on post-coup sanctions against the military authorities in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. At an Extraordinary Meeting of the 15-member bloc in Accra, the West African …

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has taken notice of infractions by some Petroleum Service Providers (PSPs) who have engaged in illicit third-party trading of Petroleum products and has accordingly applied and the requisite sanctions. A statement from the Corporate Affairs Department of NPA listed the affected companies and accompanying sanctions …

US officials have announced plans to ease tough sanctions imposed on Cuba by former President Donald Trump. Under new measures approved by the Biden administration, restrictions on family remittances and travel to the island will be eased. The processing of US visas for Cubans will also be speeded up. State …