1MAR2024
Nigeria has restored power supply to the Niger Republic for the first time in seven months.
This comes a few days after the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced the lifting of sanctions on Niger in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
Chad's prosecutor said on Thursday that an opposition leader was killed while leading an attack on the national security agency in the capital. The attack underscored the tenuous situation in the central African country of Chad ahead of a presidential election scheduled for May 6.
The killed leader, Yaya Dillo, was the current president's cousin and a strong contender in the upcoming election. He headed the Socialist Party Without Borders, which was behind Wednesday ‘s attack at the National State Security Agency.