(MENAFN - The Conversation) More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country's military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a ... .
The move aims to address critical shipping limitations in WestAfrica and enhance the region’s capacity for mineral transshipment ... The vessels will enhance cargo capacity, reduce delays, and improve supply chain efficiency in West Africa.
(MENAFN - The Conversation) August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted PresidentIbrahim Boubacar Kei–ta in a coup d'e–tat. While the event reshaped Mali's domestic politics, it ... .
For all the ambition that has long swirled around regional integration in WestAfrica, the reality has remained underwhelming ... At the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025 in Abuja, we saw a region no longer content with aspiration alone.
Here in WestAfrica, FGM usually entails cutting the clitoris and the labia minora ... But in West Africa, it can also mark a girl’s transition into womanhood and welcome her into one of the culturally revered Bondo and Zoes female societies.
... of associations of small-scale cross-border women traders, and technical and financial partners.Distributed by APOGroup on behalf of Economic Community of WestAfricanStates (ECOWAS).
The Commission of the Economic Community of WestAfricanStates (ECOWAS) must speed up the preparation and implementation of a regional cobotting scheme for the implementation of the Praia-Dakar maritime link project and other links in West Africa.