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A virtual journey into the Sahel

The Sahel has long been a crossroads of humanity, learning, and exchange. Today, the region faces many challenges stemming from climate change, including more frequent droughts and floods—which can directly affect regional stability and food security. The World Bank has created an immersive tour of the region to elevate the…

19 July 202119 July 2021

Editorial – June 2021

Dear Sir or Madam, dear members, dear partners, As I write these lines, the Sahel is going through new trials. The recent events in Mali, with the removal of the President of the transition and his Prime Minister, are of great concern to us. At a time when the region…

17 June 202117 June 2021 Forthcoming events

6th Alliance operational steering committee – Significant progress

At the invitation of the Africa Director of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ), Christoph Rauh, current chairman of the Alliance Sahel’s Operational Steering Committee (CPO), the sixth CPO meeting was held on Wednesday 2 June 2021 by video conference. This meeting brought together more than 100 participants…

9 June 202110 June 2021

Water and sanitation in Burkina Faso: a coordinated response to the needs of the people of the Sahel region

The European Union has strengthened its commitment to support the Burkinabe State in providing access to drinking water and sanitation through the signing in December 2020 of two grant contracts for a total amount of (€5,000,000), one with the Office Nationale de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement (ONEA) and the other…

9 June 2021 Decentralization and basic services

Digital technology and employment for young people in the Sahel: meeting the challenges and creating opportunities

On Thursday 3 June, a workshop was held in videoconference format to discuss the prospects of digital technology for developing youth employment in the Sahel. This event, initiated by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), was held within the framework of the “private sector” working group of the Sahel…

9 June 20219 June 2021 Education and youth employment

G5 SAHEL EMERGENCY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

In 2018, the G5 Sahel countries asked the G5 Sahel Executive Secretariat (SEG5) to draw up an Emergency Development Programme (EDP) to stabilise the areas facing both complex security challenges and severe economic, social and climatic vulnerability. This programme, consisting of 22 ‘quick-impact’ projects, targets the fragile border regions of…

1 June 20217 July 2021

Sahel: a new financial tool to fight poverty and inequality at the grassroots level

The G5 Sahel countries face many peace and development challenges, at the core of which sit inequalities rooted in the fragile governance of central states. However, the region’s potential for peace and conflict resolution must also be taken into account. There is indeed fertile ground for the development of more…

1 June 2021

A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THE WHITE GOLD SECTOR IN BURKINA FASO

Cotton growing is a major pillar of the economy in Burkina Faso. In addition to the processing industry, the textile craft industry makes an important contribution to the local valorisation of cotton. The artisanal cotton processing sub-sector plays a significant role in the fight against poverty through its ability to…

25 May 2021

Sahel: An approach to aid adapted to fragile areas

In the face of the worsening of conflicts in many regions of the Sahel and their multiple consequences on the living conditions of the populations, the international community is seeking to strengthen the relevance, effectiveness and impact of its aid in these areas, paying particular attention to the prevention and treatment…

4 May 202130 July 2021

Niger: access to drinking water in fragile cross-border areas (PDU)

Joy and hope with the arrival of drinking water for the populations of Bardouga and Sargane in the region of Tillabéri in Niger. The inhabitants of the communities of Bardouga and Sargane in the department of Ouallam now have access to drinking water following the rehabilitation of the supply system…

26 April 202126 April 2021 Decentralization and basic services