The Alliance of the Sahel states (AES), consisting of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have presented its new flag, weeks after exiting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The countries of the Sahel Confederation AES, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, continue in their project of mutual integration ...

The Dean of the University of Professional Studies Law School, Professor Ernest Kofi Abotsi, has commended President John Dramani Mahama for the bold decision to visit some of the Sahel states.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo Robert Dussey has again raised the possibility of the country joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In a social media post, he emphasized that it was “a ...

Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has expressed concern over the security implications of the Alliance of Sahel States’ withdrawal from ECOWAS, warning that ...

He said the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) from the existing security frameworks had disrupted the security frameworks in the region. According to him, this development has ...

They have since formed their own union - the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Why have these three countries exited ECOWAS, and is this a crisis point for the regional bloc? Catherine Nzuki is joined ...

Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Ghana’s new key liaison to the Alliance of Sahel States, sits down with The Africa Report to discuss how to be a good neighbour. Ghana’s new special envoy to the Alliance of Sahel ...

Mali, Burkina and Niger have formed the Alliance of Sahel States confederation and said they will soon set up a 5,000-strong anti-jihadist force. Also read: Jihadist threat hits Sahel vaccine ...