By Maya Lester KC & Michael O’Kane

Sanctions Profile: Niger

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Germany in favour of EU sanctions against Niger coup leaders

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the German Foreign Office said that “after having suspended development & security cooperation, we are in favour of EU sanctions against the leaders of the coup as a next step”. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has already imposed broad sanctions since the military takeover (previous post).

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West Africa regional bloc imposes sanctions on Niger following coup

It has been reported that the Economic Community of West African States and the West African Monetary and Economic Union have suspended commercial transactions with Niger, frozen Niger’s state assets in the regional central bank, frozen assets of state enterprises in commercial banks, and suspended all financial assistance with regional development banks. A planned 30 billion CFA francs ($51 million) …

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