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

... Liptako-Gourma Charter, instituting the Alliance of Sahel States. This happened in the midst of economic sanctions imposed on them by the subregion’s Economic Community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) and its threats to carry out a military operation in Niger. For the three landlocked nations, those sanctions had serious repercussions, aggravating the socioeconomic situation inside those countries and fueling the growing activity of terrorist groups there. The Liptako-Gourma Charter suggests the Alliance of Sahel States pursues one goal only: establishing ...