ECOWAS and Sahel Alliance create joint working groups
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The Economic Community of West African States and the Alliance of Sahel States will create joint working groups to prepare a framework cooperation agreement. The first ministerial meeting took place on 17 October in Dakar, led by Cheikh Niang and Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, according to the joint communiqué.
The Economic Community of West African States, a West African regional organisation, and the Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, have agreed to create joint working groups to prepare a framework cooperation agreement. The decision was taken on Saturday 17 October 2026 in Dakar, during their first ministerial meeting devoted to dialogue between the two organisations, according to Seneweb.
The discussions were conducted in a spirit of “fraternity, mutual respect and openness”, according to a joint communiqué reported by Seneweb. The meeting marks a further step after the opening of technical discussions in Dakar.
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