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Last remaining members of G5 Sahel move to dissolve the anti-jihadist alliance

File photo of Mauritanian soldiers from the G5 Sahel task force taken November 22, 2018 in south-east Mauritania. Thomas Samson, AFP

The two remaining members of West Africa's G5 alliance on Wednesday said they were paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist grouping, after the other three founding countries left. 

Chad and Mauritania "take note and respect the sovereign decision" of Burkina Faso and Niger to leave the alliance, following in the footsteps of Mali, the two countries said in a statement. 

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