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

... Niger’s leader, General A. Tchiani, said in an interview : “Our union must develop in the political and monetary sphere.” Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister A.K. de Tambela was more ambitious, calling for “courage” in creating a full-fledged three-state ... ... 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 ...