Regional West African Court Dismisses Niger's Challenge to ECOWAS Sanctions

FILE - A man walks past a street side market in Niamey, Sept. 20, 2023. A lawsuit filed by Niger's transitional leaders over sanctions on Niger was dismissed on Dec. 7, 2023. Since the sanctions were imposed following the July coup, millions of citizens have struggled to get by. FILE - Traders sit in their van, loaded with animals, as they wait at the closed border in Malanville between Benin and Niger, Sept. 18, 2023.

A court for the West African regional bloc ECOWAS has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Niger's transitional leaders and some corporations over sanctions imposed on Niger by ECOWAS following the July ouster of President Mohammed Bazoum.