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The military leaders of three West African countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger – signed a mutual defence pact deal over the weekend.

The junta leaders signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, establishing the Alliance of Sahel States.

The pact is named after the region where the three country’s borders meet.

Col. Assimi Goita, Mali’s junta leader, said in a statement, “I signed today with the heads of state of Burkina Faso and Niger the Liptako-Gourma Charter, establishing the Alliance of Sahel States with the objective of establishing an architecture of collective defence and assistance mutual for the benefit of our populations.”

The new pact calls for the three neighbouring countries to come to the defence of each other.

All three are facing threats from jihadists.

Each of the countries has undergone coups since 2020.

Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known by his stage name Mohbad, died on September 12 at the age of 27. The musician’s father, Joseph Aloba, has given insight into the quick burial of the late artist. The burial took place the next day.

In a recent interview that Temilola Sobola (@TemilolaSobola) posted on Instagram on Tuesday, Aloba explained that Yoruba culture dictates that a deceased person’s burial should not be delayed while both of their parents are still living.

He said that it might have been thought about preserving Mohbad’s remains in a mortuary until a later date if he had died at an older age.

Aloba went on to say that Mohbad owned the land where his son was buried and that he had donated it to him so that he could construct a church. He added that it was in keeping with Yoruba norms to bury him quickly.

“In Yoruba land, his corpse is not the kind to be kept when both of his parents are still alive,” he said.

“That land where Mohbad was buried is his only land, that is the only land I know him to have owned.

“Truly he gave me the land to build my church because we had both agreed to build the church there and since that’s the only land I knew him to have.”