Traders and communities on both sides of the Niger-Nigeria border suffered under ECOWAS sanctions on Niger. Trade has now resumed and a new Chinese-funded railway promises to boost the local economy further.
Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, on Sunday, withdrew their membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. Having been members for nearly five decades, the three countries accused the regional bloc of straying from its founding ideals. This was sequel to the sanctions imposed on…
After about a 24-hour journey in the desert with no food or water from Khartoum to Egypt’s border, 7,000 Nigerians and other nationals fleeing the conflict in Sudan got stuck for six days at Egypt’s border before they were allowed into the country for lack of visa. Many Nigerians were outraged and could not comprehend…
High hopes for change carried Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari into office. Eight years later, as his two-term period comes to en end, the West African nation is in tatters.