How Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Took Back the Sahel
Jonis Ghedi-Alasow, director of Pan Africanism Today, joins the show to discuss the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States. The alliance between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formed as a result of the popular anti-colonial uprising that swept Niger in 2023. Ghedi-Alasow discusses how AES, a counterweight to the Western-backed ECOWAS, has put […]
Jonis Ghedi-Alasow, director of Pan Africanism Today, joins the show to discuss the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States. The alliance between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formed as a result of the popular anti-colonial uprising that swept Niger in 2023. Ghedi-Alasow discusses how AES, a counterweight to the Western-backed ECOWAS, has put the region on the path to building lasting sovereignty from Western pressure, threats of military intervention, and extremist violence.
