ECOWAS says it is lifting sanctions on Niger as it seeks a new strategy to dissuade three junta-led states from withdrawing from the political and economic union. The European Environment Agency says more than 40 percent of used textiles exported from the European Union end up in an African country. And -- it’s Black History Month in the United States. Black artists in Los Angeles share their experiences of growing up in America. All this and much more coming up in today’s Africa 54!