Last G5 Sahel members Chad, Mauritania acknowledge alliance is a spent force

"The organisation is failing to achieve its objectives," they said. "Worse, the legitimate ambitions of our countries, of making the G5 Sahel a zone of security and development, are hindered by institutional red tape from a previous era, which convinces us that our process of independence and dignity is not compatible with G5 participation in its current form."

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