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Burkina Faso

Sahel-exit tests western miners and Russia’s military muscle

Everybody is losing as the Sahelian juntas break with the Ecowas bloc – except for the jihadi militias

The crowds in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Niamey celebrating their countries’ break with the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on 29 January belie the mounting pressures that the juntas face. Local activists say that many in the region fear the divorce will cause more economic chaos, but they generally back the juntas’ nationalistic stance, especially against France.

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