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West Africa Trade and Investment Hub: Fostering Economic Growth in the Region

The USAID West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub), launched in 2019, stands as a cornerstone for fostering economic growth and locally driven development in the region, with a commitment of $82 million in grants to 92 co-investment partners across 16 West African countries. The initiative has successfully leveraged…

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Turmoil in the Sahel: Challenges and Perspective for Development Partner Engagement

How do intertwined crises and political instability in the Sahel affect development efforts and how can development partners provide more efficient and effective support to the populations on the ground? These questions were at the heart of the conversation during the Sahel Alliance high-level event “Turmoil in the Sahel: Challenges…

7 November 2023 News

Water and Sanitation: Joint Action Plan by the Sahelian States and their Partners

At the UN 2023 Water Decade Conference in March 2023, ministers from Sahelian countries and their development partners signed a joint declaration. This declaration reaffirms the need for strong commitments to water and sanitation. An action plan has been drawn up jointly to ensure that this policy statement is implemented…

25 October 2023 Press Releases News

Social Protection in Mauritania: Breaking the Chain of Intergenerational Poverty

Social security development is at the heart of the international agenda. And Mauritania is no exception. In this country, nearly 30% of the population lives below the national poverty line. To tackle this problem, the Mauritanian authorities have launched a project to tackle poverty, called “Tekavoul”, which is being implemented…

27 September 2023 News Decentralization and basic services News

Determined Women Take Up the Challenges of Development in Chad

In the provinces of Kanem and Barh el Gazel in Chad, women are taking action to take up the challenges of development. Their individual and collective actions bring concrete life change for their families and communities. Prisca and Fatime talk about how they are trying to make a difference. Prisca,…

22 September 2023 News Education and youth employment News

Burkina Faso: Two New Spokespersons Represent The Sahel Alliance

Since August 2023, two new spokespersons have been representing the Alliance Sahel in Burkina Faso: H.E. Kristian Kirkegaard Edinger, Ambassador of Denmark, and Mr Jan Henrik Meise, Head of Cooperation at the German Embassy. They replace Gilles Chausse, Director of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Burkina Faso, who served…

18 September 2023 Press Releases News Press

Accountability, Transparency, Coordination of Actions: 4 Tools Available to the Public and to Sahel Alliance Members

The Sahel Alliance developed tools designed to provide transparent information to the public and to facilitate coordination efforts between members. These tools offer a global view of the development initiatives implemented by members in the Sahel. In this article, we present these key tools and how to access them. Public…

21 August 2023 News News

G5 Sahel: operational session on the sidelines of the General Assembly

The Sahel Alliance and the G5 Sahel have formed a solid partnership, with regular contacts with both the rotating G5 Presidency and the G5 Sahel Executive Secretariat. On July 11, on the sidelines of the Sahel Alliance General Assembly in Nouakchott, representatives of the G5 Sahel Executive Secretariat and Alliance…

10 July 2023 News Press

The Emergency Development Programme (EDP)

In 2018, the G5 Sahel member countries asked the G5 Sahel Executive Secretariat (SEG5) to draw up an Emergency Development Programme (EDP) to stabilise the areas facing complex security challenges and severe economic, social and climatic vulnerability. The Sahel Alliance members have mobilised since December 2018 to implement this programme.…

8 July 2023 News

Chadian Youth: the Strength to Learn, the Courage to Engage in Entrepreneurship

In Chad, many young people are creating economic opportunities by developing their own businesses, with the support of local authorities and development partners. To increase the impact of their activities, some of them are training in digital tools. With passion and creativity, they share their journey and their dreams. It’s…

27 June 2023 News Education and youth employment Education and youth employment News