With continued dialogue and diplomatic efforts, the dream of a unified West African economy remains within reach. Speaking at the 1st Extraordinary Session of ECOWAS for 2025 in Lagos, Barau ...

The countries that make up ECOWAS are Benin, Togo, Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Guinea, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Cape Verde. Members ...

Speculation that the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) might fast-track a single currency to signal regional unity hit a setback after Mali’s Ministry of Economy and Finance denied any roadmap or ...

Political challenges have been attributed for the inability of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to actualise the single currency (ECO) initiative. The initiative was first muted ...

At the ECOWAS summit, the implementation of the eco – the single currency due to come into effect in 2027 – appears to have been relaunched. However, nothing points to this timetable being met. In ...

With the inauguration of the newfangled Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, earlier this month, the breach between the main body of the Economic Community of West African ...

In spite of various entreaties by regional leaders and stakeholders for the three states to rescind their decision, the moves fell on deaf ears.

The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) on Friday hosted a one-day media orientation workshop, bringing together journalists from print, broadcast, and online media ahead of the upcoming Joint West African ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is facing its biggest crisis since it was formed in 1975. Three of its 15 countries – Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali – have formally withdrawn from ...

Political challenges have been attributed to the inability of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to actualise the single currency (ECO) initiative. The initiative was first muted ...