Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger To Set Up Joint Force To Fight Jihadists
The military regimes in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali have agreed to set up a joint force to tackle security threats across their territories.
Niger’s armed forces chief, Moussa Salaou in a televised statement on Wednesday after a meeting with his counterparts said the new task force would be “operational as soon as possible to meet the security challenges”.
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The decision is the latest sign of closer alignment to emerge since the three neighbours in West Africa’s insurgency-torn central Sahel region severed military ties with longstanding allies including France and formed a cooperation pact known as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
