Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States.
AFP reported that the announcement was made following a meeting of the three nations’ foreign ministers in Niger’s capital, Niamey, on Friday.
Niger’s Foreign Minister, Bakary Sangare, confirmed the finalisation of the draft text that outlines the institutionalisation and operationalization of the AES.
“The objective was to finalise the draft text relating to the institutionalisation and operationalization of the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States,” Sangare said.
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“We can consider very clearly, today, that the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States has been born,” declared Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop.
The Heads of State of the three countries will formally adopt the text at an upcoming summit, although the exact date has not been specified.
