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Africa North

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger sign treaty to create confederation

2024-07-07

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The authorities of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have decided to form a confederation of Sahel states, France Presse (AFP) reported on July 6, citing a statement by the leaders of these African countries.

Brilliant idea. The United Arab Republic (Egypt plus Syria) lasted for an entire three years, so this is sure to be a winner.

At least these are on the same continent.
The article specifies that this decision was made following the results of the 1st summit of the Alliance of Sahel States held in Niamey, which was attended by the leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

Thus, following the summit, a statement was adopted stating that the countries had decided to take another step towards greater integration. To this end, they concluded an agreement to create a confederation between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

There are 12 countries in the Sahel region of Africa.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, in mid-March, the Niger authorities broke the agreement with the United States, which allowed American troops to be on the territory of the West African country. A representative of the new Niger authorities explained that this decision was made after Washington violated diplomatic protocol.

In May, Reuters reported, citing a Pentagon spokesman, that Russian troops had appeared in Niger's capital Niamey, on the grounds of an air base housing U.S. troops. The move followed a decision by Nigerien authorities to expel nearly 1,000 U.S. troops from the country.

In June, the United States officially began withdrawing its troops from Niger. According to the chief of staff of the republic's ground forces, Colonel Mamane Sani Kiau, 269 American troops and 946 tons of military equipment have already left the country.

Posted by:badanov

#5 Upper Volga just entered my noggin'. Must be a drinking thing.

Upper Volta's nationalflag appears to have been a total rip-off of Imperial Germany's flag.

Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-07-07 17:08

#4 I still call it Upper Volta, just cause it sounds like drinking too much

Posted by: Frank G 2024-07-07 16:20

#3 As long as we don't have to change the pronunciation of Mali and Burkina Faso, then I'm good with it.

Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-07-07 16:04

#2 It'll never work. They have no beaches.
Ergo, all drug 'imports' will hit the beach then require surreptitious offloading and land transport.
No competition for the coastal operatives.

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-07-07 12:50

#1 Geo-Challenged(?) like me 👀😕 - So the graphic 😁

Posted by: Flineper Whanter4381 2024-07-07 10:50

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