West Africa Junta Leaders Plan Taxes to Fund New Investment Bank

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The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment bank to reduce their reliance on foreign donors.
Each country will contribute about 5% of their tax revenues to finance the newly created lender, an adviser to Burkina Faso's military ruler Ibrahim Traoré said.

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