The West African bloc of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso is working with 🇷🇺 Russia to launch at least two satellites, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Col. Assimi Goita, the president of Mali and current chair of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), discussed the project with Ilya Tarasenko, the head of Russian space company Glavkosmos, along with officials from Niger and Burkina Faso in Mali’s capital Bamako on Monday.

The project comes in response “to the challenges of sovereignty, security and development of the region,” said the statement.

The AES is an alliance of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formed last September. The three nations withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, which had threatened to intervene militarily in Niger following a coup in that country last year.

The statement said the satellites, including one for communications and another for remote sensing, will “strengthen the digital infrastructure through better internet coverage, as well as the broadcasting of radio and television in the AES countries.”

It added the constellation of earth observation satellites will provide high-resolution satellite imagery for various strategic sectors such as agriculture, health, education, as well as security and defense, particularly for border control and risk and disaster prevention.

The AES states are also planning to train local experts in space technology.

“It is not only a question of benefiting from Russian technologies, but of training local experts who, in the long term, will ensure autonomous management of these infrastructures,” said Nigerien Communications Minister Sidi Mohamed Raliou.

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Shuperu

When will Tinubu invade Niger?

XerXers:
When will Tinubu invade Niger?

Tinubu. invade. Niger 🪖🇳🇪
Russia. evaporate. Nigeria 🇳🇬💥

Your man is scared of Putin

African leaders are unashamedly puppets to the West.
Trust me when I say 90% of you don't understand how deep and diabolical all this is.

But these countries, look at them, they've chased all the hungry whites, and things are improving for them.

This is not looking good. The satellite will be used to spy on Nigeria and hence a security threat to us. About time Nigeria work with other West African countries and western powers to dismantle the puppet regimes in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso before they do more harm to the sub region.

XerXers:
When will Tinubu invade Niger?

Guy you funny o🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Please don't let our Northern brothers hear this news. Most of them are already sympathetic to anything Russia because of their love for those three military junta. If they hear this one now, they may start something through their brothers at the barracks. I didn't mention coup before any ediot here start calling me out.

Debater:


Tinubu. invade. Niger 🪖🇳🇪
Russia. evaporate. Nigeria 🇳🇬💥

Your man is scared of Putin

Una comments dey make tears comot for my eyes as I dey laff. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Of what benefit is this to these countries? Will it help them fight insecurity or will it lead to any meaningful development. Nigeria way get satellite since wetin we dn achieve with am?

People thing the west and it's allies want best for Africa

Russia is as well battling with Ukraine.

Afonjudas:
Arm those satellites with lasers and beam it to Aso Rock.

Whyyyy🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

HE NO CONCER ME ABEG

Very good

ALTERNATEID:
This is not looking good. The satellite will be used to spy on Nigeria and hence a security threat to us. About time Nigeria work with other West African countries and western powers to dismantle the puppet regimes in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso before they do more harm to the sub region.

Dey play
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Make dem put one mumu in the control tower and mistakenly touch/press one system

Sigh... Africans and their countries sha.

From one slave master to another.

nice one!
But at what price, because there is no free food even in Freetown..
But sincerely am loving this Sahel alliance.
So no to exploiting colonial master.
The French will not be happy.

Debater:
African leaders are unashamedly puppets to the West.
Trust me when I say 90% of you don't understand how deep and diabolical all this is.

But these countries, look at them, they've chased all the hungry whites, and things are improving for them.

I doubt it sha, why are they hastily launching satellite for Africans while Syria needs such satellite more.

There is something Russia is upto, time will expose it all.

West Africa bloc should just close borders with this guys and let all their supplies comes from Russia. No more giving them light and let Russia send electricity directly to them

Mother RUSSIA

Spy on Nigeria? When every useless people dey entered Nig,commit one crime and 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ go back to their country. Nah God dey help us in Naija

ALTERNATEID:
This is not looking good. The satellite will be used to spy on Nigeria and hence a security threat to us. About time Nigeria work with other West African countries and western powers to dismantle the puppet regimes in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso before they do more harm to the sub region.

Russian influence is clearly better than US influence. The Americans come to steal and destroy. Russia and China will invest in you

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