Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed a 0.5% levy on imported goods to fund their new three-state union after exiting ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed 0.5% import levy on goods entering their ...

The tax was agreed on March 28 and took effect immediately. Humanitarian aid is however exempted from this tax. The three ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), made up of junta-led Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso, has announced a new 0.5 ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed a 0.5% levy on imports, funding their breakaway union and marking a significant ...

Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the OIF has become "a remote-controlled political instrument" operated from Paris to suit ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

Niger was, however, suspended from the OIF in December 2023, following its coup d'état. Burkina Faso and Mali were also ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods in their bid to fund a new three-state union ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) comprising junta-led Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso have imposed a 0.5 ...