The Alliance of Sahel States (Alliance des États du Sahel; AES) is an alliance formed in September 2023 between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—all countries that had experienced military coups in the early 2020s and were ruled by military juntas. The AES was formed amid a period of increasingly strained relations with other countries in the region and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional bloc. The alliance’s goal was to provide collective defense and mutual assistance among the three countries.
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