Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The high-level committee on food security in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on Wednesday held its first meeting in Niger’s capital, Niamey, to work out a strategy to tackle the food crisis in the region. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The 11th Meeting of the joint ECOWAS-UEMOA Committee for the Management of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) opened in Cotonou, Benin Republic, Monday to review the draft CET Nomenclature, based on the 2012 version of the Harmonized System and the draft ECOWAS CET prepared by the two regional blocs in Banjul, The Gambia, last April. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mali's local national team on Friday beat Benin 1-0 in their 3rd round of Group B match in the ongoing 5th edition of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) tournament. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Togo's local national football team on Thursday stunned its Côte d’Ivoire counterparts 2-0 in Dakar in their 3rd round Group A match in the ongoing 5th edition of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) tournament. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Mali and Niger Wednesday played 1-1 in their second group B game at the ongoing WAEMU tournament in Dakar, Senegal. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Doing Business 2012 report released Friday puts Mali ahead of the eight countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (also known by its French acronym, UEMOA for improving the business climate.Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (IPC-UEMOA), which met in Bamako, the Malian capital, has asked the outgoing president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to accept the election results of the 28 November presidential run-off. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Heads of State of the eight-member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) have asked outgoing Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo to transfer power to elected President Alassane Ouattara in order to ensure peace, security and stability in the country. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The 15th ordinary summit of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) opens on Saturday in Bamako, the Malian capital. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Abdoulaye Bio Tchane remains at the head of the West African Development Bank until his candidacy for the Benin's presidency is validated by the country's Constitutional Court, the Council of Finance Ministers of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has decided. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Lions of Senegal beat Mali 1-0 in a match played her e on Wednesday as part of the third edition of the West African Economic and Mon e tary Union (UEMOA) soccer tournament. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The annual evaluation meeting on accounts and results cont rol systems carried out in the West African and Monitary Union States (UEMOA) op e ned Tuesday in Bamako, Mali's capital, under the chairmanship of Malian Premier M odibo Sidibé, PANA reported. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The US dollar rose slightly against CFA on Friday, accor ding to the latest exchange rates published by the Central Bank of West African S tates. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin President Yayi Boni was due to leave Cotonou Tuesd ay for Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to attend the 13th ordinary summit of UEMOA heads of state. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Sahel Club and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Tuesday in Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital, signed a cooperation agreement toward the attainment of sustainable development within the Union. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The deputy chair of Forum of West African Economic and Monetary Union (FAF-UEMOA), Gregoire Sankara has called on every UEMOA member nation to assess tax benefits applied against the farming sector. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Abidjan-based Regional Stock Exchange closed its Monday quotation session down as compared to the previous session, according to a communiqué of the institution reaching PANA. Full text...

Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the Central Bank for the West African States (BCEAO) Agency in the Guinean-Bissau capital last Tuesday said there was no risk for the franc CFA to be devaluated. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Inter-parliamentary Committee have commended Mali's presidential election held on Sunday. Full text...

Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's annual inflation has dipped under three percent, Finance Minister, Issufo Sanha, said here Tuesday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the country's membership in the West African Economy and Monetary Union (UEMOA). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Abidjan-based regional stock exchange (BRVM) of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), closed its Monday quotation session up as compared to the previous session, according to a communiqué of the institution despatched to PANA in Dakar. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has loaned Togo 2. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Abidjan-based Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) closed its Wednesday quotation session slightly down compared to the previous session, the BRVM said in a communiqué. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The UEMOA (the West African Economic and Monetary Union) zone is experiencing a slight rise in inflation and a moderate increase in credits allocated to its economy, the Central Bank of the West African States (BCEAO) said in a statement issued Thursday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)-based regional Stock Exchange BRVM closed its Monday quotation session slightly up compared to the previous session on Friday. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's airport company, Lome-Tokoin (SALT), has been awarded the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Good Governance Prize. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The regional stock market (BRVM), based in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, closed its Tuesday trading low compared to the previous session, a communiqué issued by the institution said. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The West African Development Bank, BOAD, has signed two co-operation agreements worth 46 billion CFA with the People's Bank of China and the Chinese Export-Import Bank, an official statement said in the Togolese capital Friday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The regional stockmarket(BRVM), based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, closed its Tuesday trading points lower compared to the previous session, Monday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Talks between European Union (EU) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) member countries entered a deadlock Friday, official sources told PANA. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Trade Ministers of the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), are to meet in the Senegalese capital Thursday, to discuss regional trade policies, an official of the Union said here Monday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – There has been a considera-ble drop in the performance of commercial bank portfolios within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) over the past three years, the acting governor of the Central Bank of the West African States (BCEAO), Baro Damo revealed here Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Donors have pledged 2. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has spoken against the propensity of African states to regularly turn to western donors to implement projects, noting that Africa must rely on its own resources and forces to develop. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is appealing to development partners to help the regional bloc mobilise 2,002 billion francs CFA to fund its Regional Economic Programme (REP). Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) - – A workshop to validate a study in preparation for a programme to harmonise taxation within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) opened here Monday. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Justin Damo Baro, acting governor of the Dakar-based Central Bank of West African States, BCEAO, Thursday expressed concern over economic difficulties facing countries in the sub-region. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) – Experts from th-e eight member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) met Monday in Ouagadougou to finalise the agenda for the statutory council of UEMOA finance ministers scheduled 8 September in Lome, Togo. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- A Burkina Faso Network of communicators in national languages, RECOLAN, has been formed here to educate the population on the activities of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Participants at a seminar on community legislation on competition in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) zone have vowed to work against practices that hamper competition within the economic bloc. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Moroccan envoy to Burkina Faso, Ali Hmaoui, Monday led his country's delegation at the opening of negotiations on trade agreements between Morocco and the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has to face many globalisation-related constraints in a sub-regional context, posing several challenges to the economic bloc, Jean-Baptiste Compaore, chairman of UEMOA council of ministers, has said here. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The BRVM Composite index lost 0. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The UEMOA Stockmarket, BRVM, closed its fixing session on Thursday slightly lower than the previous one, according to a press release from the regional Bourse. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The West African regional stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday's session slightly down as compared to the previous session. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) region recorded a growth rate of 3. Full text...

Niamey- Niger(PANA) -- Some 150 million fowls could be affected by bird flu within the eight-nation West African Economy and Monetary Union (UEMOA), with the attendant consequences on the economies of the countries concerned, Niger President Mamadou Tandja warned here Monday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The 10th Summit of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) heads of state scheduled for Monday in Niamey, Niger will deal with filling vacancies at two regional financial institutions, an official source revealed here Saturday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Experts from member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on Monday started a regional workshop here on the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the union. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Regional Stock market (BRVM) closed its quotation session Wednesday low as compared to the previous one, the bourse said in a communiqué. Full text...