Senegal hosted a conference on Saturday, June 1 under the theme "The Alliance of Sahel States, a new platform for Senegal's regional integration", a development that could have potential implications on the unity and cohesion among ECOWAS Member States," according to diplomatic sources.
African countries that France once saw as its backyard, some still forced to use French- controlled currencies, are rejecting their old colonial patron's continuing control, and they suspect its motives.