West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

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

The FCFA monetary zone consists of 14 countries with a market of 160 million people and a fixed exchange rate of 1 euro = 655 ...

Salvador Ousmane paints a damning picture of the African military juntas that came to power in West Africa in recent years, ...

The junta successfully built a strong anti-French sentiment in Francophone African countries, capitalising on their populist ...

Strengthening Staff Welfare Mechanisms in Response to Regional Dynamics at 38th Annual General Meeting of the Staff Mutual ...

The landscape of West African rugby took a monumental step forward with the official inauguration of the Union of African Rugby Federations of West Africa (UFOAR) in Abidjan. The historic event ...

Moreover, eight ECOWAS countries, largely francophone, are already members of a currency union—Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. These members of the ...

Implementing a single currency in West Africa presents significant opportunities and formidable challenges. However, it could ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was on Wednesday sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces ...