US visa restrictions on ECOWAS nations spark concerns over trade and regional prosperity. A West African minister warns of significant economic consequences.

Nigeria has over 250,000 refugees in Libya, South Sudan, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and other parts of the world. Conversely, at least 135,000 refugees live in Nigeria. Out of the 250,000 Nigerian ...

This week in Business Africa: Rwanda slams the door on ECCAS, denouncing the bloc as ineffective and politicized; in Ngong, northern Cameroon, peanuts, a local agricultural treasure, struggle to ...

ECOWAS Bank funds 47.7-km stretch of strategic 700-km road project • Lagos-Calabar highway seen boosting regional trade and investment • Part of broader plan to modernize Nigeria’s transport ...

BEAC granted Afreximbank the first-ever foreign access to the CEMAC public securities market. Cameroon raised $359.3 million via a euro-to-CFA swap to issue local Treasury bonds. All bond tranches ...

Libyan biometrics solutions provider Al Itissan Al-Jadeed has been contracted to oversee an upgrade of the passport and national ID systems of the Republic of Niger. Documents finalizing the Public ...

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

Countries like Niger and Mali are positioned to become green hydrogen hubs due to their low LCOH, high production density, ...

Costco cards good for 'hot dogs & rotisserie chickens,' not airports, TSA says The deadline for travelers to obtain a Real ID for domestic flights and accessing federal facilities was May 7.

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intensify trade among themselves as a ...

The T.S.A. is reminding travelers that Costco cards are not on their own going to get you through security. “Can’t fly on hot dogs and hope,” the agency said.