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U.S. tariffs impact ECOWAS member states’ trade

West African nations, including those within the ECOWAS bloc, are facing significant challenges due to new trade tariffs imposed by the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration. The tariffs, which range from 14 percent to as high as 99…

NewsLink 2025- 04- O4 First Edition

• Senegal celebrates its 65 independence anniversary with a call to service and patriotism from President Diomaye Faye. • The AES confederation solidifies relations with MOSCOW as it announces the formation of a joint task force to fight terrorism. •…

UN reports unprecedented violence against aid workers in 2024

Violence against humanitarian workers has reached alarming levels, with over 300 aid workers killed in 2024, according to a recent UN report. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told the Security Council that humanitarian workers are increasingly facing criminalization…

NewsLink 2025- 04- 03 fourth Edition

Mauritania President Ghazouani congratulates Senegal on its 65th Independace anniversiary, as Gambian leader Barrow arrives in Dakar ahead of tomorrow’s celebration Ghana’s lands minster annonounces plan to halt importation of excavators to curb illegal mining. Impeachment trial of Cote D’voire’s…

NewsLink 2025- 04- 03 Third Edition

Ghana’s lands minster annonounces plan to halt importation of excavators to curb illegal mining. Former Senegalese Lawmaker describes adopted Interpretative Amnesty Law as complicated and calls for further clarification Guinean socio-political actors express varying opinions on the September 21 referendum…

NewsLink 2025- 04- 03 Second Edition

Former Senegalese Lawmaker describes adopted Interpretative Amnesty Law as tricky calls for further clarification Barry Moussa Barqué innuagurated as the new president Togolese Senate Guinean socio-political actors express varying opinions on the September 21 referendum date set by the Junta.…