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Ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger opened a two-day session in Ouagadougou on Wednesday 11 November to assess the second-year roadmap of the Alliance of Sahel States, the three countries’ confederation, ahead of a meeting of their heads of state, the news agency APA reported.
The review covers defence and security, diplomacy and development. Burkina Faso’s defence minister, Gen. Célestin Simporé, opened the meeting by stressing closer military coordination: pooling intelligence, harmonising defence tools and consolidating the alliance’s joint force. Delegates are examining how to coordinate the three countries’ positions abroad and broaden their partnerships, and how to ease trade among them and make better use of natural resources. The roadmap was validated on 26 February 2026. APA
Participants are to produce a summary of achievements and recommendations at the end of the session on Thursday. APA did not report a date for the heads-of-state meeting, and no decisions had been published.