West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a ...

Held from March 24–27, 2025, the workshop, organised in collaboration with the World Bank, brought together representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Tax Administrations of Anglophone Member ...

West African states have joined forces to enhance competition and improve market efficiency, in a move to strengthen regional integration.

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

Through this review, ECOWAS is reaffirming its commitment, alongside its regional partners (UEMOA, CILSS, RESOGEST) and international partners (European Union, AFD, AECID, World Bank, etc.), to ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), has introduced a 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from several West African countries, ...

At the start of his second term as president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama initiated efforts to revive ties with three fellow ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for a meeting later this month to address the recent 0.5% ...

Mistrust between the Alliance of Sahel States and Economic Community of West African States countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation.

Musa was asleep in the village of Dusuman in northeast Nigeria when he was awoken by a sharp burst of gunfire and Boko Haram stole his main source of livelihood -- his livestock.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on regional development and investment agencies to explore with the relevant government ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a 0.5% levy on imported goods from the Economic Community of West African ...