The AES parliament just opened in Niamey. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger now have a joint army, a bank, a passport and a legislature. Here's what the Alliance of Sahel States is really building after ECOWAS.
he AES parliament just opened in Niamey. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger now have a joint army, a bank, a passport and a legislature. Here's what the Alliance of Sahel States is really building after ECOWAS.

In August 2026, forty-five deputies sat down in Niamey and opened the first confederal parliament of the Alliance of Sahel States. Fifteen from each country. Three committees: defence and security, diplomacy, development.

It looked like a small story. It isn't.

In six years, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger went from three separate coups to a mutual defence pact, a 6,000-strong joint force, a confederal development bank, a common passport, a shared import levy, and now a parliament. That is the architecture of a state, built at speed, during a war.

But there's a constraint no resolution can fix. All three countries are landlocked. Every container and every litre of fuel still crosses a border that belongs to someone else.

In this episode we follow the evidence: what was actually built in Niamey, why Sahel security numbers finally improved in 2025, what West African port data reveals about who really holds leverage, and why Morocco is now offering the Sahel a different road to the Atlantic entirely.

No cheerleading. No dismissal. Just the receipts.

SOURCES USED

Security figures come from the Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, and from research by the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria. Port and corridor data comes from the African Development Bank and Ecofin Agency. Regional analysis draws on Chatham House and the International Crisis Group. Institutional details come from ECOWAS Commission statements and from Sahelian outlets including Burkina24, Le Sahel, Koaci and RTN. Reporting on Morocco's Atlantic Initiative draws on Al Jazeera and the Policy Center for the New South.

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In this video, South African politician, Dr Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala posits that South African TV series The Polygamist presents a deeply distorted portrayal of a practice that has existed within African societies for centuries. She argues that polygamy, as traditionally practiced in many African communities, was not merely an undisciplined man pursuing multiple sexual partners at will, but a social institution governed by cultural norms, ancestral laws and communal expectations, with responsibilities and obligations toward every member of the family.

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Prod. Di Genius x TrapMilli Ent x LSMG
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Lyrics

Hook
Mi Deven Reach E Yard E Jampack
Mi Waa Fi Link Mi Uncle Grandpa
She Waa Fi Squeegee Round A Waa Part
Suh Tell Mi Waa Month Wa Donkey Cya Call

She Seh Ahhhh
Mek She Bawl Ahhh
Me Mek She Bawl Ahhh
Suh Tell Mi Waa Month Wa Donkey Cya Call
She Seh Ahhhh

Verse
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She Wear Frock Caz Di Dress Too Heavy
She Fully Story And Naw Two Tell E
Tonight She Muss Ban Har Belly
Hutch Reach And Seh Him Feel Peckish
Round A Back Mek Sure Di Rice Shelly
A Kulukulu Mi Nuh Waa See No Henny
E Sun Get Up And Nobody Nuh Ready

Verse
Bye Saint Peter Bye Saint Paul
A Who Tek E Money And Gone A Dead Yard
Bredda Tukuma Round Dehsuh A Draw Card
Over Partner Argument Start
She Seh
Link Har Over Waa Part
She Waa Fi Feel Di Bomb Claat
Suh Mi
Push Di Beast Nuh Hand Cart
She Seh
Ayetian Yuh Bad Nuh Bloodclaat

Outro
A Wa Di Young Gyal Waaa
Hill And Gully
A Wa Di Old Gyal Waaa
Hill And Gully
A Wa Di Short Gyal Waaa
Hill And Gully
A Wa Di Tall Gyal Waaa
Hill And Gully



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We Dem Wah
Kabaka Pyramid
Produced by Jazzwad
Co Produced by Kabaka Pyramid
Label: Bebble Rock Music / Ghetto Youths International
Release Date: August 21 2026

Lyric video - YesWeeDesign (Andre Livingston)

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Credits:-
Kabaka Pyramid - We Dem Wah
Produced by - Jazzwad
Co Produced by - Kabaka Pyramid
Written by Keron "Kabaka Pyramid" Salmon
Composed by Keron "Kabaka Pyramid" Salmon
Composed by Paul Jazzwad Yebuah
Arrangement by Kabaka Pyramid and Jazzwad
Lead Vocal and Harmonies - Kabaka Pyramid
Drums programming, Keyboard, Bass, Guitar & Samples - Jazzwad
Additional samples - Kabaka Pyramid
Mixed by Marc Lee
Mixed by Kabaka Pyramid
Mastered by Dave Huffman

“We Dem Wah” contains an interpolation of “Don Dada” by Supercat by permission of Wild Apache Productions, Inc.


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