The junta-leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will hold their first ever joint summit this weekend. The “Alliance of Sahel States” meeting will be held in Niger’s capital Niamey. In mid-May, the foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agreed in Niamey on a draft text creating the confederation, which the heads of states are expected to adopt at Saturday’s summit. The three countries, which have faced deadly jihadist violence, also aim to create a common currency.
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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday called for the law governing the central bank to be amended. In a video
According to officials, quoted by Reuters, a commission in Niger has said it will take a minimum of five-years to
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf on the sidelines of the G20, on Friday,
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