Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Establish Sahel Regulators Council

On Friday, September 25, 2026, the electronic communications regulatory authorities of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger signed a historic cooperation protocol in Ouagadougou, establishing the Conseil des régulateurs du Sahel (CRS), or Sahel Regulators Council. This significant act marks a crucial step towards digital integration within the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) space, driven by the respective national regulators of electronic communications in these three West African nations. The excerpt indicates this is an important advancement, though specific details of the protocol's provisions or the CRS's operational mandate are not yet publicly reported.