7.1K views · 158 reactions | Nigeria shuts borders with Niger as hundreds trucks carrying goods remain stranded. | CBA | Facebook

15 reactions | The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, explains why the borders of Niger remain closed more than a week after it lifted economic sanctions on the country as well as those imposed on Mali and Guinea. It had imposed the sanctions as a way of pressuring the countries to return to democracy following military coups. President of the ECOWAS Commission Omar Alieu Touray tells TRT Afrika the problem will be resolved shortly. | TRT Afrika | Facebook

1.5K views · 63 reactions | Hundreds of children are back at school in #Niger  after fleeing violence in their hometowns. Coming from villages close to the Malian border, in the so-called "Three Borders" zone, these displaced young people can now go back to school thanks to a programme that groups them in large school centres. | FRANCE 24 English | Facebook