ECOWAS Court Orders Release of Ousted Niger President, Bazoum

The court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, declared on Friday that Mohamed Bazoum, the president of the Republic of Niger, who has been detained since a coup on July 26, must be released right away.

The judge in the case hearing in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, ordered Bazoum’s “immediate and unconditional release” and his reinstatement.