West Africa's regional bloc Ecowas on Saturday said it was lifting some of the sanctions imposed on Niger after last year's military coup. A no-fly zone, border closures and asset freezes were among the measures being stopped "with immediate effect" on "humanitarian grounds", Ecowas Commission chief Omar Alieu Touray said following an emergency heads of state summit in Abuja.Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a military coup last July, prompting the Economic Community of West African
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