Central Sahel: Improve children’s wellbeing and learning – Increasing psychosocial support in schools (UN OCHA)
“The humanitarian impact of this crisis is worrisome with a number of displaced people multiplied by 10, growing from 213,000…
UNDP launches Sahel Offer, seeking largest joint commitment to regenerate the region (UNDP)
“UNDP’s Sahel Offer – A Regeneration – is a $3.6 billion programme, which focuses on three main areas Governance, Energy…
35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel (UN News)
“Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not…
EU pledges €2.5 billion to combat malnutrition with partner countries (European Commission)
“At today’s Nutrition for Growth Summit in Tokyo, the Commission announced a new pledge of €2.5 billion for 2021-2024 to…
Conflict prevention means tackling economic, social, institutional drivers of strife (UN News)
“Preventing conflicts requires closing development gaps, shrinking inequality and bringing hope to people around the globe, senior UN officials told…
Report: How climate change affects the human rights of Sahel region migrants (OHCHR)
“The human rights impacts of climate change-related migration are at the centre of a new UN Human Rights report, released…
Desert to Power initiative a step closer to lighting up the Sahel (ESI Africa)
“The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved an investment of $150 million into the African Development Bank Desert to Power…
Migration and Development: Examining the migration development nexus in Kayes Region, Mali (ADMIGOV)
“Large influxes of remittances have fuelled local development initiatives for decades and led to a well-established pattern of diaspora funding…
WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. Situation Report (OCHA)
“In 2021,more than 54.3 million West and Central Africans require assistance. Eight countries in the region are beset with some…
WFP Central Sahel Situation Report 31 July 2021 (WFP)
“At the end of June 2021, WFP’s Level 3 Emergency Response for the Central Sahel – Burkina Faso, Mali, and…
Live, learn & enhancing access to protection, educational & livelihoods opportunities, and strengthening national protection systems for children and youth on the move in Western and Central Africa (2021–2023) (UNHCR)
“KEY ACTIVITIES BY OBJECTIVE: Protection of children & youth strengthened against the risks associated with onward movement … Strengthening of…
Sahel: An Approach to Aid Adapted to Fragile Areas (Alliance Sahel)
“To this end, the members of the Alliance have committed to supporting the actions of the G5 Sahel countries in…