Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States namely Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger met on Thursday in Ouagadougou.

The Burkinabè delegation comprised the minister of defence General Kassoum Coulibaly and that of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, accompanied by several executives from ministerial departments.

Bamako’s team was led by the Malian Minister of Territorial Administration Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga and Abdoulaye Diop, head of the Malian Diplomacy.

Francis Boniface has the details.