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cfgaussian to World News · 2 years ago

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger sign 'confederation' treaty

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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger sign 'confederation' treaty

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NIAMEY: The military leaders ruling Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger entered a new "confederation" Saturday (Jul 6) as they signed a treaty during their first summit in Niamey, after having severed ties w
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    The “Confederation of Sahel States”, which will use the acronym AES,

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      I support AES and AES.

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      Plagiarism! That’s our acronym!

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    Based

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    Panafrican federation!!

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    I feel like this definitely had to play a part in the US decision to get out of Niger

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      iirc, they were directly told to fuck off by the new government

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    a beacon of hope in africa

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    👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

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    It’s not a confederation, exactly, more like an alliance (in translation)

    Alliance des Etats du Sahel…

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      Well…yes, but this is the language that all the news articles use that i’ve seen on this so far.

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        They all speak Englsh… the AES term only comes from Frnc**s…

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