🇳🇪🇧🇫🇲🇱Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States: challenges and prospects for the region

🤝📝During their first joint summit held in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Saturday, the military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a treaty according to which the trio became a confederation.

📎This comes just a few months after their departure from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January.

🔖The confederation, formally the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States, is a “step towards greater integration” between the countries. The new confederation builds upon the mutual defence pact signed by the trio last year in September. This pact (i.e. the ‘Alliance of Sahel States’) aims to repel mutual threats and assist one another in the case of outside aggression.

🛡According to the pact’s provisions, signatories are bound to help each other if even one of them is attacked – just like NATO’s Article 5.

🌐✔️The pact is open to new members in the case that the candidate accepts all provisions and the trio unanimously agree on the decision.

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