LAGOS, Nigeria, Apr 30 2025 (IPS) - Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war. Unless ...

Image caption, This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab traveller ... This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly came to an end. Then new African kingdoms ...

However, numerous external and internal factors affect inflation prospects and should be carefully monitored, given the pronounced uncertainty surrounding geopolitical and economic developments, and ...

The split between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (Alliance des États du Sahel – AES), formalized by the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and ...

enjoy high levels of economic and social development. Strong institutions of government are a common feature, acting as a bulwark against self-interested leaders, such as former South African ...