Turkey, Iran and Morocco advance their pawns towards the military regimes of the Sahel. The first three announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mali received a new batch of Turkish Baykar drones prized for their performance, earning the CEO of the company that manufactures them, Haluk Bayraktar, to be decorated in Ouagadougou in April 2022.
Morocco and Turkey could face new competition from Iran, which, since 2020 and the coups d'état in Mali, Burkina and Niger, has been increasing its initiatives.