Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger form new bloc after quitting ECOWAS

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Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France

Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger 's capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States .

“The objective was to finalise the draft text relating to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States ”, said Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare as he read the final statement late Friday. Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger's capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States .

Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Saturday arrived Bauchi to inaugurate the 15th Edition North-East Joint Domestic Trade Fair and other viable projects in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to Philip Shaibu, the ex-deputy governor of Edo State, Musa Sunday Ebomhiana, on Saturday dumped the People’s Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress . He announced his resignation in a letter to the Chairman of the PDP in Ward 5 of Etsako Central Local Government Area. “I’m homesick.…

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