The Economic Community of West African States is set to hold a meeting later this month to address the 0.5 per cent import levy recently imposed by the Alliance of Sahel States on goods from ECOWAS ...

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Burkina Faso and Turkey are discussing new projects to strengthen their partnership. Trade between the two countries fell to $102.4 million in 2024, down from $127.6 million in 2022. Burkina Faso is ...

The foreign ministers were invited by their Russian peer Lavrov to the Moscow meeting which “represents an important step in establishing strategic, pragmatic, dynamic and supportive cooperation and ...

The levy, which took effect last Friday, applies to all goods from ECOWAS member states entering any of the three nations, except for humanitarian aid.The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a recently ...

Breakaway Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso – widened the gulf between them and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member nations yesterday.

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have declared a new 0.5% tax on imports from Nigeria and other ECOWAS member countries.

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a 0.5% levy on goods imported from Nigeria and other countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is imposing a 0.5% tax on imports from outside the bloc to finance its activities. Customs authorities in each country will collect the funds, with exemptions for ...

"Several dozen" soldiers and civilian auxiliaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso, ...