The sanctions were imposed following the country's military coup in July 2023.
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS will lift sanctions on Niger, including border closures and a suspension of financial transactions, it said on Saturday after a summit to address a political crisis in the coup-hit region.
ECOWAS says it is lifting sanctions in a new push for dialogue.
Earlier in the month, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger notified the bloc of their decision to leave, over “inhumane sanctions”, an unprecedented development since ECOWAS was established in 1975.
“We must reexamine our current approach to the quest for constitutional order in our member states,” Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and current chairman of ECOWAS said at the start of the summit.
“I therefore urge them to reconsider the decision of the three of them to exit their home and not to perceive our organization as the enemy,” he added.
More details to come.
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