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Benin president visits Niger, Burkina, following coup tensions

Benin's new leader on Tuesday visited neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso, in a sign of easing tensions between the ...

Benin’s Wadagni Pushes For Sahel Reset With Visits to Niger & Burkina Faso | Firstpost Africa

Benin’s new president, Romuald Wadagni, has launched an ambitious diplomatic push to repair relations with Niger and Burkina ...
World Socialist Web Site

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso form alliance against French invasion threat

The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a defense pact on September 16, establishing a military alliance called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES in French). The three heads of ...

Niger, Burkina Faso Launch Airstrikes in Mali as AES Deploys 15,000 Troops | Firstpost Africa

The conflict in Mali has now escalated into a regional war, as Niger and Burkina Faso launch joint airstrikes against rebel positions. The Alliance of Sahel States has formally entered the fight, ...
Yahoo

Four Moroccan truck drivers disappear on Burkina-Niger border

RABAT (Reuters) - Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan embassy in ...
Los Angeles Times

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger call for joint ‘large-scale operations’ against extremists

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BAMAKO, Mali — The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger declared Tuesday that the launch of a joint ...
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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Diss ECOWAS, Issue Own Passports

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger collectively declared their withdrawal from the 15-nation ECOWAS, alleging that it undermines their sovereignty by acting as an instrument for foreign interests. The ...
Al Jazeera English

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso military leaders sign new pact, rebuff ECOWAS

The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have hailed a newly signed treaty as a step “towards greater integration” between the three countries, in the latest showing of their shift away ...
Daily Maverick

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have gone rogue – now Trump is rubbing salt in the subregion’s wound

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist external pressure from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on ...
The Africa Report

Can Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso maintain growth outside ECOWAS?

On 28 January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger jointly announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). They are expected to leave by January 2025. By closing the ...
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Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger call for joint 'large-scale operations' against extremists

The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger declared Tuesday that the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days" in a region plagued by ...