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Norway and the IOF join the Sahel Alliance at the 4th steering committee of the coordination platform

The 4th Steering Committee (OSC) of the Sahel Alliance was held on 10 November 2020 by video-conference, for a good number of participants, due to the health context marked by the Covid-19 pandemic. This quarterly milestone of the Sahel Alliance saw a strong participation of its members, observers and representatives…

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Visit by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mali and Burkina Faso

The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, has just concluded her second visit to the Sahel, as President of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance, a position to which she was appointed in June 2020, for a period of one year. Following her…

29 October 2020 News

The G5 Sahel: Enhanced cooperation for security and development

Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Mali formed the regional organisation of the G5 Sahel to fight together against the challenges facing the Sahel countries. Their governments joined forces at a summit in Nouakchott on 15-17 February 2014 to collaborate and coordinate for security and development. This institutional framework…

23 October 20202 December 2020 News

Visit of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs to Niger and Chad

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Mrs. Arancha González Laya, just concluded her first visit to the Sahel on October 8 and 9. She traveled to Niger and Chad as Chairwoman of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance, a position to which she was appointed last…

13 October 2020 News

Mali – Declaration of the Sahel Alliance

(Made on behalf of the Sahel Alliance by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in her capacity as President of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance) 8 October 2020 – The Sahel Alliance welcomes Mali’s commitment to a civil transition, that will lead, in…

8 October 20208 October 2020 Press Press Releases

An emergency plan for fragile areas in Burkina Faso

For several years now, the countries of the Sahel-Saharan strip have been grappling with a security crisis driven by multifaceted root causes and bearing dramatic consequences for their populations. Since January 2016, Burkina Faso has been subject to attacks by terrorist armed groups (GATs) that initially occurred in the northern part…

23 September 202023 September 2020 Decentralization and basic services News

Strengthening access to drinking water supply and sanitation in Mauritania

The geographical and climatic characteristics of Mauritania make water accessibility a major and permanent historical challenge. Moreover, the effects of climate change have already begun to be felt on Mauritanian territory. Rising temperatures, droughts and increased heavy rains exacerbate the continuing trend towards the degradation of agricultural, forest and pastoral…

23 September 2020 Decentralization and basic services News

Cooperation in Chad: Alone, we go faster- together, we go further!

Governance is at the heart of the approach of the Livelihood Improvement Project in Western Chad (PAMELOT), which is part of the Sahel Alliance. This project is part of a process of proximity and skills transfer with development actors. Local and national authorities and GIZ are working hand in hand: a…

23 September 2020 Decentralization and basic services Education and youth employment News

Microcredit, a lever for economic self-sufficiency in Chad

In 2016, Chad launched the National Development Plan (Plan de Développement National, PND) for the period 2017-2021, based on the strategy “Vision 2030, the Chad we want”. The National Strategy for the Development of the Private Sector (Stratégie Nationale du Développement du Secteur Privé, SNDSP) for 2018-2021 stems from this…

22 September 202023 September 2020 Decentralization and basic services News

Strengthening access to water and sanitation in N’Djamena

20,000 residents of the 7th and 8th districts of the Chadian capital are benefiting from improved access to drinking water and sanitation. The N’Djamena Water & Sanitation Project (Projet eau & assainissement à N’Djaména, PEAN), cofinanced by AFD and the European Union, operates in the Habéna, Atrone, Amtoukoui, Boutalbagar, Zafaye…

13 July 20209 October 2020 Decentralization and basic services News