..and so they were only 12..
#Mali #Burkina Faso and #Niger leave #ECOWAS for the #AES, rewriting the security architecture in West #Africa.
To observe:
▶️ Sea access - three landlocked states
▶️ Border btw Niger & #Benin
▶️ New bilateral accords
▶️ Population mobility
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250129-three-sahel-nations-exit-west-african-bloc-as-regional-politics-shift