Ivory Coast (also known as Cote d'Ivoire) and Ghana have agreed to deepen their cooperation in the fields of cultivation, processing, and marketing of cocoa and cashew nuts, both key products of the agricultural economy of these neighbouring West African countries.
Speaking on the current situation in coup-hit Niger and the ouster of the President of the West African nation, Mohamed Bazoum, the United States on Tuesday (local time) said that he is a democratically elected leader and all of the work at present is to see him "restored". During a regular State Department press briefing, spokesperson Matthew Miller said, "I don't want to go into hypotheticals because that is an outcome that we hope is not fulfilled.
Imposing economic and travel sanctions on the Niger military coup leaders on Sunday, the West African nations have threatened to use force if country's President Mohamed Bazoum is not reinstated within a week, reported Al Jazeera.
