After the coup in Niger last July, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) maintained the sanctions imposed on the country, but is setting conditions for easing them.

La CEDEAO appelle à davantage progress towards a return to civilian rule before easing sanctions. According to the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Oumar Touray, representatives of Benin, Togo and Sierra Leone will discuss with the Nigerien army the process towards a short transition period in addition to other conditions for lifting sanctions. It is believed that if the Nigerian military council does not respect the results of the interviews with the commission, ECOWAS will maintain all sanctions imposed on the