Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Finalize Plans for Confederation

par This Is Beirut, 18/05 15:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalized plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger's capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). "The objective was to ...