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Benin has lifted its suspension of imported goods transiting to Niger through the port of Cotonou, the port's director general said, following five months of sanctions on the coup-hit country. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS…

The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has announced that it was maintaining the suspension of Gabon, a sanction imposed following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo Ondimba by the military last August. ECCAS, which…

Air France has extended "until August 18 inclusive" the suspension of its flights to and from Bamako and Ouagadougou "following the coup d'état in Niger and because of the geopolitical situation in the Sahel region", the airline said…

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) that the lifting of Mali's suspension from its bodies and institutions. Since January 2022 that Mali had been suspended from the organisation to sanction the junta's intention to remain…

Ethiopia has criticised the suspension of food aid to the country by the United States and the UN World Food Program (WFP). Government spokesman Legesse Tulu, called the decision "political" saying the suspension "punishes millions of…

Kenya and Zimbabwe are the latest African football associations to be suspended by Fifa as world football's governing body continues its crackdown on government interference.  Both country's associations were dissolved by their…

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says microblogging giant, Twitter, has approached the Nigerian Government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended three local government council chairmen over alleged disregard for the rules governing their activities. The affected chairmen are:  Ogidan Olaitan of Lekki Local Council Development Area…