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On May 15, 2022, the military junta in Mali announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel platform. The G5 Sahel was created in Nouakchott,
The New Times.
The new date when it will be held is yet to be announced.
The initial meeting on CAR under the ambit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) was convened by the President of Angola, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, in his capacity as Chairperson of the regional body, on January 29.
A second summit had earlier been set to be held after 10 days in Luanda.
During the first summit, the leaders had made a set of resolutions including; urging rebels in CAR to observe a unilateral and immediate ceasefire, retreat from areas near the capital Bangui, and to disengage immediately from the Douala (Cameroon)-Bangui corridor in order to allow free circulation of people and goods.