Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Employees (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has famous with concern that the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ECOWAS has disrupted present safety frameworks and plans by Chad to tug out of the Multinational Joint Activity Power will have an effect on the flexibility of the joint safety drive to conduct operations.
Air Marshal Abubakar, who said this at a assessment assembly with Subject Commanders in Abuja, mentioned terror group’s use of drones carrying regionally fabricated grenades in a kamikaze position to assault troops in Damboa final yr signifies the rising efforts of terrorists to proliferate drone assault know-how.
The Chief of the Air Employees emphasised that it has develop into important to implement a complete and built-in Counter-Unmanned Aerial Car system to safeguard troops and air property.
On January 29, 2025, the Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS) recognised the exit of three of its former members Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic upon the expiration of a one-year discover interval.
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Nonetheless, in “the spirit of regional solidarity”, ECOWAS requested its member international locations to nonetheless recognise the nationwide passports of the three exiting international locations bearing the ECOWAS emblem till additional discover.
Their departure from the bloc has fractured the area and is leaving the ECOWAS grouping with an unsure future.
The three junta-led international locations formally notified ECOWAS of their plan for an “quick” withdrawal in January 2024, citing the organisation’s extreme dependence on France specifically.
Paris has develop into the frequent enemy of the three juntas, which now favour partnerships with international locations resembling Russia, Turkey and Iran.
Nonetheless, ECOWAS required one yr’s discover for the departure to be efficient — that deadline falls on Wednesday.
The three Sahelian international locations have teamed as much as kind a separate confederation known as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
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