On September 16, 2023, the heads of state of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed the Liptako Gourma Charter creating the Alliance of Sahel States. These three states had just announced their withdrawal with immediate effect from ECOWAS. Abdourahamane Tiani for Niger, Assimi Goïta for Mali and Ibrahim Traore for Burkina Faso were the signatories. What they all have in common is that they came to power through a military coup. But this takeover was not rejected by the population. Last week, (…)