Super Highway Threatens West Africa

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West African highway linking Nigeria to Ivory Coast could help reinvigorate Ecowas

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West Africa poised to start work on a 1,028km ( 689 miles ) highway from Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan - through Ghana , Togo and Benin - to Nigeria 's biggest city Lagos .

Construction of the proposed four-to-six lane motorway is forecast to create 70,000 jobs, with completion ambitiously targeted for 2030 .

The shock of the three countries' withdrawal may boost those pushing for tougher governance and democracy rules.

Mali , Niger and Burkina are landlocked and heavily dependent on their coastal neighbours.

Huge volumes of trade, formal and informal, flow across the borders.

The coup leaders are not pulling out of the West African CFA franc, an eight -country single currency, backed by France , that hampers competitiveness but provides a solid defence against inflation.

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