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The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.Its aim is to "establish an architecture of collective defence and mutual assistance for the benefit of our populations", he wrote.The Liptako-Gourm
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Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a mutual defence pact on Saturday. The three countries will help each other if any of them is subjected to internal rebellion or external aggression. The charter of the agreement, signed by the three countries and dubbed the "Sahel Alliance", states that the agreement aims to create a structure of mutual defence and mutual support between the signatories.The three countries, located in West Africa's Sahel region, have witnessed military coups, most recently Niger's in July.