Africa News Tonight: ECOWAS Eases Sanctions on Military Juntas, More Violence in Northern Mozambique, Botswana Lobbies Against Trophy Ban

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There are concerns about the Economic Community of West African States decision to ease economic sanctions on the military juntas in Niger, Mali and Burkina-Faso. Conflict monitors have reported fresh waves of violence in northern Mozambique, just as peacekeepers prepare to withdraw from the region. Botswana says it will use the United Nations Environment Assembly to lobby against a proposed European ban on importing wildlife trophies from Africa.