3 days ago · Relations between Ecowas and the three Sahel countries have been tense since the military seized power in Niger in 2023, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Mali in 2020.

6 days ago · The Sahel’s pivot from the West to Russia also has implications for global conflicts, especially the Russia-Ukraine War: in early August 2024, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso jointly issued an open letter to the UN Security Council condemning Ukraine, claiming that Kyiv had supported terrorist groups in northern Mali. The Russian rise to power ...

20 hours ago · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, an al-Qaida’s affiliate in the Sahel. Or so he thought. En route to the interview in Gao, northern Mali, in April 2021, Dubois, a correspondent for Libération and Jeune ...

2 days ago · Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS. The regional bloc announced the departure of the junta-led West African nations on Wednesday. ... ECOWAS which has often failed people’s expectations in upholding the rule of law,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer ...

2 days ago · Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of strained relations that have reshaped trade routes in the Sahel.

Sahel is a commune in the Cercle of Kayes in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The main village is Bafarara. In 2009 the commune had a population of 11,630.

Jan 22, 2025 · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence, Niger’s defense minister said Wednesday, . The force of 5,000 personnel will be posted in the three countries, Salifou Mody said during an interview on state television, adding that ...

EUCAP Sahel Mali is a European Union civilian crisis management mission in Mali, with its headquarters in the capital Bamako. It is a non-executive capacity building mission and it was launched on 15 January 2015, following an official invitation by the Malian government.

Apr 15, 2014 · EUCAP Sahel Mali is the European Union's civilian mission in Mali, based in Bamako. Launched on 15 January 2015, the non-executive capacity-building mission supports the reform of the security sector and works towards the strengthening of the effective and transparent management and accountability

The Alliance of Sahel States[a] (French: Alliance des États du Sahel (AES)) is a confederation formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. [3][4][5] It originated as a mutual defense pact created on 16 September 2023 following the 2023 Nigerien crisis, in which the West African political bloc ECOWAS threatened to intervene militarily to restor...