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The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has announced plans to mobilize $15 billion in collaboration with other institutions for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan Highway. This critical infrastructure project, overseen by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), aims to enhance regional connectivity and bolster trade within West Africa.

The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, specifically on the right to life, security of person, freedom of expression, assembly and association, prohibition of torture, the duty of the state to investigate, and the right to effective remedy.