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Integrated Participatory Community Approach: The NGO Garkua Strategy in Niger

Since 2016, the NGO Garkua has been supporting Nigerien communities in sustainable and inclusive development. With humanitarian, economic and social challenges, the organisation relies on an integrated approach combining emergency aid, development projects and social cohesion strengthening. Sani Mourtalla, its permanent secretary, shares with us the strategies and challenges of…

27 March 2025 News

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The Sahel and the Challenges of Climate Change

The Sahel is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions in terms of effects of climate change. According to most IPCC scenarios, temperatures in the Sahel will rise by at least 2°C in the short term (2021-2040), a rate 1.5 times higher than the global average. The region is already facing…

Facing Food Security Challenges: Strengthening the Resilience of Communities in the Sahel

Resilience-building investments enable populations in the Sahel to better withstand climatic and socio-economic shocks. The World Food Programme (WFP) plays a key role in providing emergency aid during food crises but also in working to strengthen the adaptive capacity of populations in the long term. Ones Karuho, Head of the…

17 October 2024 News

Integrated Territorial Approach in Chad: Capitalising on Experience in Kanem and Barh-El-Gazel

In order to capitalise on the initiatives and efforts undertaken by local authorities, partner organisations and members of the Sahel Alliance as part of the Integrated Territorial Approach (ITA), Groupe URD produced a cartographic atlas, mapping actions in the two provinces in Chad where the ITA is being implemented, Kanem…

30 September 2024 News

Sahel Alliance Members’ Priority: Education and Training for Young People

The Sahel is one of the world’s regions with the greatest deficits in terms of education and youth employment. Rapid population growth increases the difficulties in meeting educational needs. To tackle this major crisis, the mobilisation and coordination of partners is essential. In collaboration with Sahelian partners, the members of…

4 July 2024 Education and youth employment

Sahel Alliance Members’ Priority: Resilience to Shocks Through Food Security

In 2024, the food and nutrition situation remains extremely worrying in the Sahel and West Africa: over 38 million people are currently experiencing acute food and nutrition insecurity. Sahelian population depends mainly on agriculture and livestock income. However, the region is exposed to climatic and environmental hazards, with irregular rainfall,…

3 July 2024 Agriculture, rural development and food security

Hodh Echarghi’s Prosperity: An Overview of the Sahel Alliance Members’ Commitments

The Nema round table in November 2021 saw the members of the Sahel Alliance undertake major commitments to support the growth and prosperity strategy of the Hodh Echarghi region in Mauritania. What progress has been made in implementing these commitments two years on? Background: The Integrated Territorial Approach In order…

2 May 2024 News News Press

Resilience in the Sahel: How Universities are in Strengthening Food and Agricultural Security

A pioneering initiative in the Sahel, the Réseau des Universités du Sahel pour la Résilience (REUNIR – Sahel Universities Network for Resilience) highlights the impact of collaboration between the academic sector and international organisations in efforts to strengthen food and agricultural resilience. Led by Professor Toguyeni, the network brings together…

18 April 2024 News Press

Strengthening Climate and Community Resilience in the Senegal River Valley

The World Bank is supporting a major initiative to tackle urgent challenges in the Senegal River Valley*. To discuss sustainable development strategies and adaptation to climate change in this region, a high-level Regional Forum was held in Saint-Louis, Senegal, at the start of 2024. The Senegal River Valley is a…

11 April 2024 News

Coordination of Development Aid – The Example of Hodh Charqui in Mauritania

The coordination of development stakeholders was strengthened in 2021 in Hodh Charqui, under the leadership of the coordination unit. The impact is tangible for local people, whose real needs are taken into account. To find out more, we met Cheikh Abdallahi Ewah, coordinator of the unit. Priorities include peaceful cohabitation…

10 April 2024 News