Tag: West Africa

By Gift HabibThe Economic Community of West African States Commission has announced that all air ticket taxes in the region will be abolished by...

Nigeria and the Republic of Benin have begun formal steps to implement the economic cooperation agreement signed during the inaugural West Africa Economic Summit...

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged West African leaders to dismantle trade barriers, reduce costs, and think regionally...

What’s the connection between roads and conflict in west Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel region – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – have put pressure on western mining firms...