Leaders of the G5 Sahel Member States met on 6 February 2017 in Bamako, Mali, to push their co-operation in the war against terror and organized crime in the Sahel region. The Sahel is located south of the Sahara Desert. It stretches across the entire continent of Africa which runs from Sudan in the east to Mauritania in the west. The G5 Sahel, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania and Chad, is an institutional framework created in December 2014 to co-ordinate development and security policies of the region.
- IDRISS ZACKARIA, WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT, VIGILANCE-THE SECURITY MAGAZINE
- International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence
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