Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler Fra...
Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia.
Their Foreign Ministers met Friday in Niger's capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS)
The Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) is a mutual defense pact created between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso on 16 September 2023
The three countries said late January they were quitting The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which they said was under French influence
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