Burkina Faso and Mali were notably absent from the African Chiefs of Defence Summit in Nigeria, a key regional security meeting held in Abuja on Monday, signalling longstanding diplomatic tensions between Ouagadougou, Bamako, and Abuja. The host country, Nigeria, had publicly listed Burkina Faso’s Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier General Moussa Diallo, Mali’s Major General […] The post Burkina Faso and Mali Boycott African Defence Summit in Nigeria appeared first on West Africa Weekly.
