Niger’s Military Government Has Asked West Africa’s Regional Court to Order the Lifting of Sanctions Imposed On the Country by Its Neighbours Following a July Coup That Deposed Elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
The Junta’s Lawyer, Youn-Kaila Yaye Said There Is No Sector of the Nigerien Society That Has Not Been Affected by The Sanctions Which Have Caused in One of the World’s Poorest Countries
Yaye Accused Ecowas of Punishing Nigeriens Over the Coup in Ways Harsher Than It Handled Coups in Other Countries, Especially Regarding Financial Transactions.
The Niger Government Asked the Court to Relax the Sanctions Pending the Final Judgement, But Ecowas Protested Against Their Request.
The Ecowas Lawyer, Francois Kanga-Penond, Argued That the Government Is Not Recognised Under the Bloc’s Protocol and Does Not Have the Power to Institute Such a Case in Court.
