Kenya’s Nationwide Meeting has ratified a bilateral defence settlement with France, underlining Paris’s strategic shift away from its conventional West African sphere of affect in direction of anglophone Africa. Signed in October 2025, the accord establishes a five-year framework – renewable as soon as robotically. The settlement will “improve Kenya’s defence capability by entry to…
JERUSALEM, March 18 (Reuters) – Three Palestinian girls had been killed in an Iranian missile assault within the occupied West Financial institution late on Wednesday, the Palestinian Crimson Crescent mentioned, within the first lethal Iranian strike there — and the primary to kill Palestinians — because the begin of the U.S.-Israeli struggle with Iran. The…
Delivery corporations, freight forwarders and different port customers have raised issues over the potential influence of the continuing disaster within the Center East on cargo throughput into Nigerian ports. They warned that the state of affairs may additionally worsen Nigeria’s inflation if the battle within the area persists. Talking with Vanguard on the event, Chairman…
Israeli settlers killed at the very least 4 Palestinians within the occupied West Financial institution over the weekend in a surge of violence that rights teams stated was being intentionally accelerated whereas worldwide consideration remained fastened on the US-Israeli conflict towards Iran. This brings the variety of Palestinians killed by settlers or accompanying Israeli troopers…
The Media Basis for West Africa (MFWA), in partnership with the ECOWAS Fee and the German Growth Cooperation (GIZ), has supplied skilled capability enhancement coaching to 500 journalists throughout West Africa. The individuals had been drawn from Benin, Carbo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Nigeria….
The Commerce Improvement Bureau of China’s Ministry of Commerce (TDB) has been confirmed as a Strategic Nation Associate (China) for the West Africa Industrialisation, Manufacturing and Commerce (West Africa IMT) Summit and Exhibition 2026. This, in line with organisers, reinforces a rising shift in Nigeria-China financial relations from increasing commerce volumes to anchoring industrial manufacturing…
Abuja — The Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised recent considerations over the escalating hostilities within the Gulf area, cautioning {that a} extended battle may unleash extreme financial and safety repercussions far past the Center East, with Africa among the many hardest hit. In an announcement issued beneath the chairmanship of Julius…
Can the security-for-minerals method yield win-win outcomes for Sahelian states past diplomatic recognition? In February, United States (US) Senior State Division Official Nick Checker visited Bamako to reaffirm Washington’s respect for Mali’s sovereignty, and reset bilateral ties after ‘previous coverage missteps’ by renewed safety and financial cooperation. Related messages have been conveyed to Nigerien Prime…
JANUARY’S Black Greek chartering illustrates how organised diaspora networks drive low season tourism, social funding, and long-term financial engagement in Ghana. Black Greek-letter organisations have contributed to Ghana for many years by training, healthcare, water entry, youth growth, and cultural trade. As outlined in Ghana Offers Delivery: How Black Greek Life Discovered Its Residence on…
Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has raised alarm over poor administration of plastic waste, stating that it has turn into one of the urgent world environmental issues, notably among the many Financial Neighborhood of West African States (ECOWAS). Bagbin spoke Tuesday on the delocalized assembly of the Joint Committee on…