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...