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13 Mar 2016

G5 Sahel adopts border management declaration

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Burkina Faso

Topics:

Cross-border co-operation

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On 11 and 12 March in Bamako, member states of the G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) jointly organised with UNDP and Japan, and in partnership with the government of Mali, an international conference on border management and border communities in the Sahel. Read on

15 Feb 2016

Sahel Irrigation Initiative Programme: More, better and faster

Topics:

Agriculture & Fisheries

Climate & Climate change

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The CILSS is implementing the regional component of an ambitious multi-stakeholder project which aims to more than double the irrigated areas of six Sahelian countries to 1 million hectares by 2020. Funded by the World Bank Group, the Sahel Irrigation Initiative Programme (SIIP) covers Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Read on

22 Jan 2016

UN humanitarian envoy for the Sahel visits Mali

Country:

Mali

Topics:

Agriculture & Fisheries

Development co-operation

Food security & Nutrition

Resilience

Sahara-Sahel

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The UN Regional Humanitarian Co-ordinator for the Sahel reported progress and remaining security and development challenges following a visit to Mali. Toby Lanzer met with government representatives, local authorities, civil society leaders and humanitarian workers during his 18-22 January mission. He travelled to Gao and Kidal, where he visited aid projects and met people affected by the crisis. Read on

01 Jan 2015

The Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

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Agriculture & Fisheries

Climate & Climate change

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RPCA:

SWAC:

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Created in 1973 following the terrible drought crisis in the Sahel, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) is a leading actor in the fight against food and nutrition insecurity and desertification in the Sahel and beyond. Over the past 40 years, it has accumulated a large technical and scientific expertise in the field of food and nutrition security, resilience, natural resource management, climate change adaptation, access to agricultural markets and water management. CILSS has progressively enlarged its geographic coverage to West African coastal countries. Read on

01 Jan 2014