West African juntas launch 5,000-troop NATO-style force amid foreign intervention fears
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a joint military force to counter Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, highlighting growing security and political tensions in West Africa as Nigeria seeks to assert itself as a regional stabiliser. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger formed a joint military force, FU‑AES, to counter Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel…







