IGAD convened a high-level meeting with CEOs of regional economic blocs to strengthen and accelerate the implementation of ...

It’s not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber ...

Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down ...

Widely seen as West Africa’s top political and regional authority, the 15-nation bloc of ECOWAS — formed in 1975 to "promote economic integration" in member states — has struggled in recent ...

These are SADC, the East African Community (EAC) and the Economic Community of Central African States. Kinshasa’s diplomatic capacity will be tested. The various blocs’ performance also ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area, or AfCFTA, is set to create a new $3.4 trillion economic bloc covering over a billion people.

When U.S. President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington in July, his lack of familiarity with the continent ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger which were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year.

Formalising the treaty to establish a confederation confirms the rejection by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso of the 15-member Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS).

West Africa’s economic bloc is open to talks or a rare military intervention to overturn a coup in Niger, an official said. Democracy will be restored “by all means available,” Abdel-Fatau ...

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African countries form new trading bloc. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement creates a $3.4 trillion economic bloc covering over a billion people.