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

The ECOWAS Commission, through the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) held a technical session to ...

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The Nigerian leader expresses worry over the slow pace of the force which was supposed to the sub-region's counterterrorism force.

President Tinubu officially handed over leadership during the high-level session attended by regional heads of state and ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)'s Chair of the Administration and Finance Committee, Ambassador Olawale Emmanuel Awe, has called on member states to comply with the Community ...

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso impose 0.5% import levy on ECOWAS countries The levy, which took effect last Friday, applies to all goods from ECOWAS member states entering any of the three nations ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a 0.5% levy on imported goods to finance their emerging three-state union, following their departure from the Economic ...

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 ...

The three states will be further hurt by the community levy, the 0.5% tax Ecowas imposes on goods from non-Ecowas member states to fund the bloc’s budget. All three countries are landlocked.

According to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, this payment is for Community Levy for January 2023 to January 2024, the first time the country will be up to date in 19 years.