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Alliance of Sahel States | |
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![]() Alliance of Sahel States (red) | |
Largest city | Bamako, Mali |
Lingua franca | French |
Demonym(s) | Sahélien |
Type | Confederation |
Parter States | |
Establishment | 6 July 2024 |
Area | |
• Total | 2,781,392[1] km2 (1,073,901 sq mi) (8th) |
• Water (%) | 0.74 |
Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 71,375,590[1] (20th) |
• Density | 25.7/km2 (66.6/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | Int$179.357 billion[2] (81st) |
• Per capita | Int$2,513 |
GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | US$62.380 billion[2] (88th) |
• Per capita | US$874 |
HDI (2022) | 0.413 low |
Currency | West African CFA franc / Sahel (proposed)[3] |
Time zone | UTC+0 / +1 (GMT / WAT) |
Driving side | right |
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES/ASS[4][5][6][a]) is a confederation[9] formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. It originated as a mutual defense pact created on 16 September 2023 following the 2023 Nigerien crisis, in which the West African political bloc ECOWAS threatened to intervene militarily to restore civilian rule after a coup in Niger earlier that year.[6][10][11][12] All three member states are former members of ECOWAS and currently under the control of juntas following a string of successful Russia-backed coups, the 2021 Malian coup d'état, the September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, and the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[13][14][15] The confederation was established on 6 July 2024; it is anti-French and anti-ECOWAS in outlook.[16][17][18]
Within the AES, there are various terrorist and insurgent groups including the ISGS, the Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, and various seperatist groups fighting in Northern Mali. The war against these groups has been assisted by both French and United States troops, with further assistance from UN peacekeeping forces. However, in 2024 these nations cut off military relations with Western powers, replacing Western forces with the Russian mercenary group, the Wagner Group.[13][19]
The confederation's stated goal is to pool resources to build energy and communications infrastructure, establish a common market, implement a monetary union under proposed currency the Sahel, allow free movement of persons, enable industrialization, and invest in agriculture, mines and energy sectors, with the end goal of federalizing into a single sovereign state.[19][3]
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