Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have declared a new 0.5% tax on imports from Nigeria and other ECOWAS member countries.

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The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a 0.5% levy on imported goods ... and it applies to all goods imported from outside the three countries, excluding ...

Before their official withdrawal in January, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their decision to leave ECOWAS in early 2024, after months of tension between the countries and the regional bloc.

Doha – Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister ... on Tuesday with representatives from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Gabon, Guinea, and Sudan. These countries are currently suspended from the African ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic have further thinned their relationship with the ECOWAS countries by hitting the organisation with a 0.5% import levy. The 0.5% import duty levy was announced ...

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