The three countries of the AES are set to leave ECOWAS. The existential shock could lead to a rejuvenation of the West ...

Yury Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced that 23 countries have applied to join the BRICS ...

China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, ...

He has advocated for a break from the neo-colonial order and the abolition of the CFA franc, a currency used in eight west ...

The Ashanti Regional Chief Butcher, Chief Ibrahim Wahab Tikuma, is calling for the modernization of the Kumasi Abattoir to ...

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne ...

Nigeria’s acceptance into the BRICS club as a partner country is a slap in the face for Nigerian leaders, the foreign policy ...

Meanwhile gold is Mali's top foreign currency earner, accounting for more than 80% of total exports in 2023. The dispute ...

From the Sahel ECOWAS impasse to the expected disruption coming with US President Donald Trump’s second term, economist ...

At the event where wild applauses greeted Traore was President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also President of ECOWAS, that in July 2023 ...

Only 39% of African businesses use African currencies to finance their cross- border deals, a big fall from the 69% recorded ...

More recently, the spectre of similar currency restrictions, coupled with ECOWAS sanctions, has hung over the revisionist regimes of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali – ...