From the late 1600s to the early 1900s, the West African kingdom of Dahomey (in present ... the Navigator in the 15th century. An engraved map of Dahomey and its environs, from the 1793 The ...

And with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ... including statements from ECOWAS and neighboring countries." A map shows the countries of West Africa. Active ECOWAS member states ...

By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ... militarily against the juntas. A map showing that the ECOWAS breakaway ...

But a wave of returning diaspora, while welcomed, has become more contentious during some of the most trying economic times ... marketed as a prosperous West African democracy on the rise.

Economic expansion in the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union will accelerate to 7% this year as many of the countries recover from the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mali had defaulted on debt due to sanctions Bloc accepts 24-month transition in Burkina Faso Gives Guinea junta until end of July for new timetable ACCRA, July 3 (Reuters) - Leaders of the ...

The decision by the military-led Alliance of Sahel States to impose a 0.5% import duty on goods from the nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has added a new twist in ...

West African nations have imposed harsh sanctions, and European donors are cutting support. Economic woes are the primary driver of popular frustration. This zero-tolerance approach, however, ...

This paper analyzes recent inflation developments in the WAEMU. As in all inflation spikes in the past two decades, food is the main driver of inflation. The contribution from energy prices is also ...

The bloc has also said that trade would continue as usual. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are still members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union — meaning trade and free movement of ...