... had maintained friendly relations with Russia for decades is now gradually distancing itself from it and shifting its foreign policy orientation.
For better or worse, after the coup in Niger and a harsher response from ECOWAS compared to the events in Mali and Burkina Faso, relations between the trio and the Community broke down, with Bamako and Ouagadougou expressing their readiness to leave the organization. As a result, on January 28, 2024, despite the Community’s decision to lift sanctions against Niamey,...
... forces?
The roundtable discussion brought together Africa experts from the RAS Institute for African Studies, the Center for Popular Diplomacy, HSE University, Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University and MGIMO University, as well as experts from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
... highlights national sovereignty, and the accumulated effects of recent changes in the world order.
In my opinion, the coup in Niger has never been part of the pan-African wave of coups. Some differences are on the surface. While the current leaders of Mali and Burkina Faso are middle-ranking officers, it is mostly generals who are in power in Niger. If the leadership of Mali and Burkina Faso belongs to the largest ethnic group in the country, there is a balance of representation between different ethnic groups ...
... Place in the World
Just days before the tripartite meeting, Acting Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela visited Mali, where he proposed a flexible federation between the two states. On February 9, 2023, Guinea joined Mali and Burkina Faso at a meeting in Ouagadougou. It would seem that the meeting should not be too important, since representatives of the governments of these and other African states have often met in bilateral and multilateral formats before, with nothing ...
