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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have agreed to establish joint working groups to negotiate their future relationship, as the two ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: The Taliban and Burkina Faso ambassadors pledge new trade and mining cooperation
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, the acting head of the embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran, right, meets Burkina Faso ambassador to Iran ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: ECOWAS, AES move to salvage regional trade, security ties
- Joint teams to negotiate cooperation deal after Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger exitThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have agreed to ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: Togo and Sahel Confederation Move to Harmonize Customs Rules
Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are working to finalize a proposed preferential tariff regime aimed at facilitating trade and safeguarding ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: ‘Bloody meat’: Burkina Faso’s livestock raids fuelling Sahel insurgency
On a Saturday night in April 2024, during the holy month of Ramadan, dozens of pastoralists gathered for evening prayers at a makeshift cattle camp outside Fada N’Gourma, eastern Burkina Faso’s ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: Togo, Burkina Faso Step Up Checks on Cross-Border Livestock Trade
Togo and Burkina Faso have developed joint procedures to verify livestock documents and handle alerts involving animals suspected of being stolen or ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: Congress returns to Burkina as US re-engages in post-coup Sahel
Third time’s the charm. After failing to enter post-coup Burkina Faso twice in previous years due to political instability and extremist violence, US lawmakers finally made their way to Ouagadougou ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: Ecowas: why withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signals fresh trouble for the Sahel
On 27 January 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their plan to withdraw from membership of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), despite repeated efforts at reconciliation.
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: Togo and 3 Sahel States Draft Tariff Plan
Customs experts from Togo, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso wrapped up work on a draft tariff plan on 14 October, and customs chiefs meet on 15 and 16 October.
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Trade: The Taliban and Burkina Faso ambassadors pledge new trade and mining cooperation
DAKAR, Senegal — The Taliban's acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of a broader outreach effort by the West African country to win ...