The agreement will not stem the flow of asylum seekers to European shores and could also destabilise Mauritania.
The G5 was created in 2014 but has secured only meagre results, even as insecurity remains high across the Sahel.
And a shark attack in Egypt, Gaddafi’s fifth son on hunger strike in Lebanon. Here’s the Middle East this week.
The prosecution of a former leader is unprecedented in Mauritania and extremely rare in Africa.