Stories of people in the same boat in Africa
Jul 08, 2024
Niger [Africa], July 8: Specifically, the trio held their first summit since the military took power in a coup. They flatly declared that they would not rejoin ECOWAS and even considered ECOWAS a security threat. Last year, the trio established the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) and at this first summit, they even developed the AES into a NATO-style military alliance. That is, if one member is attacked from the outside, it means that the other members are also attacked. In addition, these three countries also announced their withdrawal from the G5 Joint Force for the Sahel region, established by the US, France and several other Western countries to deal with extremist Islamic terrorist forces and organizations in this region.
