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  • 04 May 2016

    First Great Green Wall conference

    Country: 
    Burkina Faso
    Chad
    Mali
    Mauritania
    Niger
    Senegal
    Topics: 
    Climate & Climate change
    Development co-operation
    Environment
    Resilience
    Sahara-Sahel
    Body: 
    West African ministers came together to outline a course of action to accelerate progress on the Great Green Wall. The First Conference of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative was held from 2-7 May in Dakar, bringing together ministers from countries north and south of the Sahara as well as their development partners. Organised by the African Union, the high-level conference follows on the COP21 climate change conference, during which the international community pledged an additional USD 4 billion in support for the Great Green Wall over the next 5 years. Read on
  • 04 Mar 2016

    UEMOA, Afristat launch Regional Statistics Programme

    Country: 
    Benin
    Burkina Faso
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Guinea-Bissau
    Mali
    Niger
    Senegal
    Togo
    Topics: 
    Economy
    Members: 
    UEMOA
    Body: 
    UEMOA is working to improve the collection and use of economic statistics within its eight member states. Directors general of national statistics agencies took part in a workshop to launch the Regional Statistics Programme (PRS-UEMOA) 2015-20 from 1 to 4 March in Bamako. The PRS is the result of a co-operation agreement between the UEMOA Commission and the Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa (AFRISTAT), signed in November 2015 Read on
  • 31 Jan 2016

    Hunger trends in West Africa

    Country: 
    Chad
    Senegal
    Topics: 
    Food security & Nutrition
    Resilience
    Body: 
    Chad and Sierra Leone are among the eight countries with food insecurity levels categorised as "alarming" in the 2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI) from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The scores of Niger (34.5) and Nigeria (32.8) are both very close to the “alarming level” of food insecurity which is particularly worrying for Africa’s most populous country. Most other West African countries registered scores showing food insecurity in the "serious" range. Read on
  • 20 Jan 2016

    UEMOA, Islamic Development Bank to establish USD 100 million SME fund

    Country: 
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Niger
    Senegal
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Members: 
    UEMOA
    Body: 
    UEMOA and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have agreed to create a USD 100 million fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UEMOA zone. The agreement was signed between the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and the Saudia Arabia based Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a division of the IDB that focuses on developing private business. Read on
  • 01 Jan 2015

    West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)

    Country: 
    Benin
    Burkina Faso
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Guinea-Bissau
    Mali
    Niger
    Senegal
    Togo
    Topics: 
    Regional integration
    Members: 
    UEMOA
    SWAC: 
    SWAC
    Body: 
    Created in 1994, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is a customs union with a common external tarrif and a common currency (CFA franc) which is composed of eight, mainly francophone countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo). They work together towards greater regional integration. The Union’s work is supported by a Commission (based in Ouagadougou), a Court of Justice and an Inter-parliamentary Committee. Read on

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