The Alliance of Sahel States: Initial Difficulties as a Resource for Development

... of resources to be allocated, it is necessary to decide on the common interest and its specific indicators. For its part, the Alliance of Sahel States has so far had a very flexible structure. By its very nature, the Liptako-Gourma Charter is a framework ... ... years of their governance, a pragmatic line emerges as the mutually beneficial minilateralism is fostered as opposed to the multilateralism of ECOWAS. One of the Alliance’s upsides is that it may benefit from narrowly focused cooperation mechanisms ...