马里、布基纳法索和尼日尔组成了一支由6 000名成员组成的打击圣战分子部队,另外12个西非国家同意派遣一支由2 000名成员组成的区域部队,不包括三个萨赫勒国家。 Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger formed a 6,000-member force to fight jihadists, while 12 other West African nations agreed to a 2,000-member regional force, excluding the three Sahel nations.

马里、布基纳法索和尼日尔在萨赫勒国家联盟下发起了一支由6 000人组成的联合部队,以通过更大的军事协调、主权和国内资金来打击圣战暴力,避免过去对西方大国的依赖。 Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have launched a 6,000-member Unified Force under the Alliance of Sahel States to combat jihadist violence with greater military coordination, sovereignty, and domestic funding, avoiding past reliance on Western powers. 同时,西非经共体内的12个西非国家原则上同意组建一支由2 000人组成的区域部队,处理恐怖主义、跨国犯罪和海上不安全问题,塞拉利昂作为后勤中心,尽管离开西非经共体的三个萨赫勒国家没有参加,但正在敦促它们合作。 Meanwhile, 12 West African nations within ECOWAS agreed in principle to form a 2,000-strong regional force to address terrorism, transnational crime, and maritime insecurity, with Sierra Leone as a logistical hub, though the three Sahel nations that left ECOWAS are not participating but are being urged to cooperate.