abdullah diop, mali's foreign minister, is seen here announcing the formation of the alliance of sahel states. a party contractant, the contracting parties will work to prevent, manage and resolve any armed rebellion or other threat to territorial integrity and sovereinity of each of the member countries of the alliance, giving purity to peaceful and diplomatic means and if necessary. of sahel states we have contacted colinson, he's a global affairs analyst and member of the green party in belgium, thanks for your time sir, today, it's my pleasure to be with you, thank you for having me, for real. the european union back g5 sahel alliance has reportedly been combating insurgents and terrorists in this african region. now will the new sahel alliance effectively lead to the end of the g5 sahel alliance? relations between france and the three states you know have actually saw, mean three states that now make up you know the new um what they call sahel alliance, it had gone very very bad, agitations all over the place, because somehow they suddenly woke up toward the inadequasies in um you