Since the West has largely abandoned the fight against terror in the region, Russia's hour seems to have come. Until now, the transit country for migration has wavered as to whether it should break with the EU and turn to Moscow. A new deal is now sending a clear signal.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders met for a summit in Nigeria s capital Abuja with the region in crisis after coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger since 2020 and two attempted coups elsewhere in recent weeks.
General Abdourahamane Tiani, on Saturday signed an order repealing the 2015 law relating to the illegal trafficking of migrants , said a statement from the government s secretariat general read out on public radio and television.
Some parliamentarians at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament are appealing for the sanctions on the Republic of Niger to be lifted.