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A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return

West Africa’s divided regional bloc has asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January

The Independent UK

Can Senegal’s Faye play peacemaker and help a splintered West Africa bloc?

Experts say ECOWAS’s tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso could roll back years of regional diplomacy.

Al Jazeera

As big pharma exits Nigeria, asthma patients face spiralling costs

Price of asthma inhalers has more than doubled amid scarcity and added costs after GSK exited Nigerian market in 2023.

Al Jazeera

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Nigeria bets on a new $2.25B World Bank loan to support reforms that have resulted in hardship

The World Bank has approved a $2.25 billion loan for Nigeria to shore up revenue and back economic reforms that have contributed to the worst cost-of-living crisis in many years for Africa’s most populous country

The Independent UK

Nigeria Grinds To A Halt As Unions Demand Wage Increase

Nigeria's largest labor unions strike for salary hike amid economic crisis caused by policy changes.

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Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation

Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades

The Independent UK

Nigeria’s rushed reversion to old national anthem met with incredulity

Post-colonial anthem dropped in 1978 reinstituted with little debate amid escalating economic crisis

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Why has Nigeria's new national anthem caused outrage?

President Tinubu claimed that the anthem represented Nigeria's diversity during his speech on his first anniversary in office

Evening Standard

Democracy under scrutiny as Nigerians struggle to afford the basics

Nigeria has played a major role in fostering democracy in Africa’s west but after 25 years its people are losing faith

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed after over two weeks in captivity

Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests.

WEKU

10 years after Chibok, Nigeria's mass kidnappings return with a vengeance

In just a week there have been two mass kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of women and children have been kidnapped in recent days in Africa's most populous country.

WEKU

Nigeria Targets Cryptocurrency In Bid To End Naira Freefall

The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is halting operations in Nigeria's naira currency as the government puts cryptobusinesses under increasing scrutiny.

International Business Times

Nigeria Faces Nationwide Strike Amid Economic Turmoil

Nigeria's economic challenges spark nationwide strike as citizens face inflation surge and discontent. Stay updated with AP's Africa coverage.

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ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger amid tensions in West Africa bloc

The West African alliance holds Abuja summit amid political crises that have rocked the region.

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West African bloc ECOWAS says it is lifting sanctions on Niger

West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year, a senior official announced Saturday.

Al Jazeera

ECOWAS chair Tinubu to meet Senegal’s Sall over postponed elections

Sall’s decision to push back the February 25 presidential vote has plunged Senegal into a constitutional crisis.

Al Jazeera

Blinken looks to bolster West African security partnerships after setbacks

His tour comes amid multiple political upheavals in West Africa and as governments reassess relationships with the West.

International Business Times

Blinken Nudges Nigeria On Capital Flows For US Businesses

Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Wednesday for greater US investment in Nigeria, but called on Africa's largest economy to reassure investors that they can repatriate their funds.

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International Business Times

Blinken To Meet Key West African Presidents To Rally Support

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday meets the presidents of Nigeria and Ivory Coast in a bid to forge a united front with key African democracies as crises engulf the world.

Al Jazeera

Political crisis in Nigerian oil capital sparks fears of more economic woes

Rivers State crisis has yet to be resolved fully despite alleged intervention by President Tinubu.

France 24

Scores killed in attacks by suspected herders in Nigeria

A series of attacks on villages in central Nigeria over the last few days have killed nearly 200 people, local authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest case this year of such mass killings blamed on the farmer-herder crisis in the West African nation.

The Independent UK

At least 140 villagers killed by suspected herders in weekend attacks in north-central Nigeria

Nigerian officials and survivors say at least 140 people were killed by gunmen in weekend attacks on remote villages in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state

Al Jazeera

Armed groups kill 113 people in series of attacks across central Nigeria

Nigerian authorities say armed groups known as ‘bandits’ hit 20 communities and injure more than 300 people.

The Independent UK

Nigeria slashes transport fees during the holidays to ease some of the pain of austerity measures

Nigeria’s leader has slashed the fees during the holiday season for several public transport routes in half and offered free train rides, hoping to temporarily ease some of the economic hardship caused by his government’s austerity measures

Radio France Internationale

France's TotalEnergies to invest billions in Nigeria

French energy giant TotalEnergies is ready to invest $6 billion (5.5 billion euro) over several years in Nigeria's oil and energy industry, especially in gas and offshore projects.

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