The East African Community has been ambitious in creating a regional common market. This includes making it easy for people ...

The General’s second proposition—fencing Nigeria’s extensive borders with countries like Niger, Chad, and Cameroon—may initially strike some as impractical or even extreme.

Deputy governors from border states on Monday raised alarm over persistent insecurity, poor investment, and inadequate support for cross-border development initiatives.They spoke at the 2025 African ...

West African countries have agreed to conduct an investigation into the impact of Nigeria's decision last year to close off its land borders to trade, Nigeria's presidency said on Monday.

Several studies have shown that informal cross border trade (ICBT) across custom frontiers is thriving globally, especially in Africa. In several African countries including Nigeria, ICBT constitutes ...

GENEVA, July 21 (UNHCR) - Violence and insecurity have continued to affect population movements in northern Nigeria and neighbouring countries, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday (July 21). In ...

Weeks after the elections in Nigeria, violence and attacks continue to affect population movements in Nigeria and neighbouring countries. In Cameroon's remote Far North Region, a steady flow of ...