Chad, Niger pledge to revive G5 Sahel regional force
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The presidents of Chad and Niger pledged Wednesday to revive the G5 Sahel military grouping after Mali’s exit from the West African force.
Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum and his counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said this at a joint press conference following their meeting in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena.
The announcement follows a decision by Mali’s military junta in May to withdraw from the force, citing a lack of progress in uprooting an insurgency.
The G5 Sahel group, which originally comprised Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, was created in 2017 to combat an insurgency in the “three borders” zone on the borders of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso as part of a multinational force.
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