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ANALYSIS: How ECOWAS should treat breakaway Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
Military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formed a confederation at the first summit of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) on 6 July. The decision consolidates relations between the three countries, which launched the AES last September as a mutual …