Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso impose 0.5% Import Levy
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed a 0.5% levy on imported goods to fund their new three-state union after exiting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The military-led governments announced that the levy agreed upon on Friday would take immediate effect.
It applies to all goods imported from outside the three countries, excluding humanitarian aid. However, details on how the funds will be utilised were not disclosed.
The three nations formed the Alliance of...
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