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Abuja: Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, announced that the upcoming Customs-Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade (C-PACT) Conference in Abuja is expected to drive economic growth and enhance intra-continental trade across Africa. The NCS is committed to advancing Nigeria’s implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). According to News […]

Conakry: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently convened the inaugural meeting of the Regional Project Coordination Committee (RPCC) for the Western Africa Regional Digital Integration Program (WARDIP) in Conakry, Guinea. This meeting marks a significant milestone in the pursuit of the region’s digital transformation agenda. According to African Press Organization, WARDIP is […]

Belém: At the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), fragile states are raising concerns about being excluded from crucial climate finance, despite being home to over a billion of the world’s most vulnerable people. COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago emphasized the importance of prioritizing people in climate actions this year, yet the Improved and […]

Nouakchott: An ongoing blockade by the al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM has brought much of Mali’s economy to a standstill. This situation arises as fighting between non-state armed groups, the Malian army, and their Russian-backed allies intensifies. Communities have been cut off from supplies, and in some towns, fighters are ordering entire villages to leave or be […]

Bamako: Since September, blockades have been multiplying across Mali, carried out by jihadists from the JNIM, the al Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims. The jihadists are imposing a fuel blockade that has paralysed the landlocked Sahel country’s economy. The resulting unrest and violence have sent refugees fleeing westwards into Mauritania. According […]