A threat by the United States to impose an arms embargo on Nigeria has been faulted.
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, told officers and men of the Nigerian armed forces and other security agencies engaged in the battle against insurgents to deal decisively with them in order to restore peace to the troubled areas.
A recent research paper prepared for the European Peace Facility stated that terrorist groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province had launched 500 attacks on military bases and formations of the Multi-national Joint Task Force between 2015 and 2020
The US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, had threatened that his country could apply the Leahy Laws against Nigeria if the allegations of rights violations were found to be credible.

The Centre for Democracy and Development has backed the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for the Victims of #EndSARS protest.
Director of the CDD, Idayat Hassan, demanded full implementation of the report led by Justice Doris Okuwobi, warning against attempts to discredit the document.
The CDD says the necessity for a White Paper Report should not override the objective of addressing key social justice issues that the report sought to address, stating that the Lagos State Governor should know that this is a defining moment for his leadership.

The Lagos State Government has gifted N1 million and a furnished two-bedroom apartment to the family of late Jumoke Oyeleke killed during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the government has been following the matter and that the first in the line of intervention was to relocate the family from its former abode to a decent apartment.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in ameliorating their suffering as much as possible felt if it is not possible to bring back the dead but can at least ameliorate the suffering of the family of the deceased.

A chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, Senator Shehu Sani says Nigerian politicians fear western sanctions more than the local laws.
He says the Nigerian political class fear foreign sanctions more than the laws of the land because they believe that as long as they belong to the circle of power, they can do anything and get away with it.
He added that they have had cases of people engaging in all sorts of violence during elections and they go scout free.

Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by catastrophic flooding, with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggering a state of emergency.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the heavy rains caused historical and terrible flooding that has disrupted the lives and taken the lives of people across BC.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan declared a state of emergency and imposed a travel ban, telling reporters catastrophic rains, winds and flooding have devastated entire communities of our province.

A bipartisan coalition of United States state attorneys general says it has opened a probe into Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, for promoting its subsidiary Instagram to children despite potential harms.
The attorneys general are investigating whether the company violated consumer protection laws and put young people at risk.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says Meta, has failed to protect young people on its platforms and instead chose to ignore or, in some cases, double down on known manipulations that pose a real threat to physical and mental health – exploiting children in the interest of profit.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has decided to repeal three controversial farm laws against which farmers have protested for more than a year.
Modi says In the Parliament session starting later in the month, they will complete the constitutional process to repeal these three agricultural laws.”
Small farmers say the changes make them vulnerable to competition from big business, and that they could eventually lose price support for staples such as wheat and rice.
The government says reform of the sector, which accounts for about 15 per cent of the $2.7 trillion economies, means new opportunities and better prices for farmers.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a new refugee bill that allows asylum seekers easier access to education, and opportunities to integrate and earn a living.
The authorities say the camps have been used as breeding grounds for terrorists blamed for some of the worst attacks on Kenyan soil.
Kenya has been in a protracted struggle with the UN refugee agency over plans to shut down the Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps that for decades, have been home to half a million refugees mainly from Somalia and South Sudan.

The government of Djibouti says the year-long war in neighbouring Ethiopia has had a drastic impact on its economy.
Djibouti’s Finance Minister, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, told the BBC that due to the conflict trade had reduced to about 20% of what it was.
He says the country had lost $1.7bn because over 90% of Ethiopia's goods pass through the port of Djibouti and both nations have invested billions of dollars to build a trade corridor including a rail link.

The US has ended sanctions imposed against Burundi six years ago, citing reforms in the country.
A statement by the US Department of State noted that President Joe Biden had revoked an executive order that authorised the sanctions.
It acknowledged last year’s elections that brought in President Évariste Ndayishimiye and the reforms he has pursued across many sectors.
The US Treasury’s deputy secretary, Wally Adeyemo, says  that the US would continue to press Burundi to improve the human rights situation in the country and hold accountable those responsible for violations and abuses.