The AES, a new alliance comprising the junta-led states of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, introduced the 0.5 percent import duty on goods coming from ECOWAS nations as part of efforts to generate ...

His comments come within the six-month transition period the ECOWAS approved for the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso as member states. At the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS ...

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 ...

yesterday said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will continue to engage with the breakaway Sahelian nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. They stressed the need for ...

Niger's junta had initially proposed a three-year transition period right after the coup, but that was rejected by West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS, which called it a provocation and ...

Ghanaian President, John Mahama, on Thursday called for continued dialogue between ECOWAS, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Mahama made this call during a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at ...

Nigerian traders at the Niger border are expressing their concerns about officials in Niamey rejecting ECOWAS passports. They fear that this decision could disrupt decades of essential cross ...

And all except Guinea, have pulled out of Ecowas, the West African regional bloc. Niger's relations with Ecowas broke down when the junta proposed a three-year transition period to democratic rule ...

Mr Bishir Dauda, an activist, is embarking on a solidarity and advocacy journey across West African countries to celebrate the golden jubilee of ECOWAS. (PHOTO ... and Niger to reconsider their ...

Niger's junta had initially proposed a three-year transition period right after the coup, but that was rejected by West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS, which called it a provocation and ...