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, ...

Only 39% of African businesses use African currencies to finance their cross- border deals, a big fall from the 69% re- corded in 2022 ...

Economists have launched a fresh wave of upward revisions to projections for Brazil's interest rate this year, citing ...

A member of the World Gold Council, Endeavour is committed to the principles of responsible mining and delivering sustainable value to its employees, stakeholders and the communities where it operates ...

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

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

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

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

African banking is also an active economic sector in its own right that can benefit from the erosion of national barriers ...

He has advocated for a break from the neo-colonial order and the abolition of the CFA franc, a currency used in eight west African countries that is controlled by the French treasury. Faye’s ...

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 – ...