The Sahel Alliance (AES) launches a flag, passport, and military force, signaling a major push for regional autonomy.

The Alliance of the Sahel states (AES), consisting of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have presented its new flag, weeks after ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, has officially unveiled its federation flag, ...

Until September 2023, it had 15 member states. However, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their withdrawal following the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), disrupting regional ...

Eledi acknowledged that while the Sahel states have the right to pursue their national sovereignty and fight against neo-colonial exploitation, “cutting ties with a robust regional alliance ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

creating the Alliance des Etats du Sahel (AES). It said the move to sever ties with the Economic Community of West African States, as an established framework, stemmed from some concerns expressed ...

They chose to leave ECOWAS, which they consider to be an "extended arm of Western interests," and founded their own Alliance of Sahel States (AES). This banner in Burkina Faso’s capital ...

Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has noted with concern that the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ECOWAS has disrupted existing security frameworks ...

After coming into power, the juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly ...