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West African Nations Back $25bn Trans-Regional Gas Pipeline Project

West African Nations Back $25bn Trans-Regional Gas Pipeline Project

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Fourteen West African countries have given formal backing to an ambitious cross-border natural gas pipeline project valued at $25 billion. Stretching roughly 6,000 kilometres along the Atlantic coastline, the network is expected to become one of the largest regional energy infrastructure undertakings on the continent, with construction scheduled to begin in 2028. A continental-scale energy […]

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Senegal's President Faye Takes Over ECOWAS Chairmanship at Regional Summit

Senegal’s President Faye Takes Over ECOWAS Chairmanship at Regional Summit

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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), taking the helm of the 15-member regional bloc during a period marked by political turbulence and security challenges across West Africa. The handover places Senegal at the center of efforts to steer the organisation through a

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