Spotlight | West Africa
WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (left) and his Burkinabé counterpart Ibrahim Traoré.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (left) and his Burkinabé counterpart Ibrahim Traoré. © S. Kambou/AFP/M. Tereshchenko/Tass/Zuma/MaxPPP
Serious tensions between Alassane Ouattara and Ibrahim Traoré are paralysing the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The Ivorian president is steadfastly against Burkina Faso taking the head of the organisation's council of ministers, which is expected to meet on 11 July. [...]
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