Niger's government and state media report the event drew about 300 delegates and closed with proposed confederal volunteering institutions, though some figures and plans remain recommendations rather than adopted measures.
The deal, concluded at the 7th Joint Customs Commission session, covers trade facilitation and anti-smuggling cooperation but discloses no tariff schedule or binding timeline.
Police say the network sourced goods from a neighboring country for redistribution to Ouagadougou and nearby gold-panning sites, though no link to armed-group financing has been confirmed.
The plan covers aviation accidents, unlawful interference and public health emergencies, building on Chad's rise in ICAO security scores from 33% to over 70% since 2017.
Assimi Goïta's government adopted decrees establishing a new mining and petroleum school and transforming its mineral resources programme into a public agency, alongside eleven renewed gold exploration permits and a twelfth second-term renewal.
The Bureau du Vérificateur Général flagged fictitious expenditures and unremitted exchange gains at Mali's Cairo mission, referring the case to prosecutors.
A convoy was hit north of Niono around September 28, with jihadists and local sources giving overlapping but inconsistent death tolls as Mali's army stays silent on casualties and Africa Corps claims a separate joint operation.
France 24, La Croix and Benin Web TV retrospectives mark Ibrahim Traoré's fourth anniversary in power, days after he told reporters the state could take over importing certain goods via the agency FasoYaar.
