Senior officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met in Bamako on late last week to lay the groundwork for the upcoming meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES). The meeting is seen as a significant step in the ‘operationalization’ of the newly formed regional alliance. In July, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced the formation of the AES, marking a pivotal moment towards closer economic and military cooperation. The move comes amid ongoing security challenges in the region and strained relations with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
A series of military coups in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso over the past three years has significantly eroded France&
In the days after the fall of the Russian-backed Assad regime in Syria, Moscow withdrew its naval force from the
Last weekend, after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base
The United States government on Friday authorized the sale of more than $5 billion in military equipment to Egypt, which
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