The G5 Sahel heads of state held a mini-summit on Monday in Paris, France, focusing on security, development and financing. The mini-summit was held this afternoon at the Peninsula Hotel, in Paris, around the President of Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the oldest Head of State in the area. Security,...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved on Tuesday, 16 March in Abidjan, a grant of US$ 4 million to finance the Support to Youth Business Resilience Project in the G5 Sahel Countries (PAREJ). The objective of the project is to support the recovery or...

It is necessary to "impose peace" in Mali "weapons in hand", pleaded to AFP the president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou, returning from the G5 Sahel summit in N'Djamena (Chad), saying that the heads of state had agreed on the need for a more robust mandate for the UN mission in...

At a G5 Sahel summit held on 15 and 16 February in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, the UN chief called for advancing peace and sustainable development in this region of Africa facing multiple challenges....

The Sahel Alliance, which coordinates the development actions of the main partners of the G5 countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad) Sahel committed itself, on 15 February 2021, during its second general assembly in N'Djamena, Chad, to strengthen its actions in favour of education, youth, job creation and to...

On 15 and 16 February, the members of the G5 Sahel will meet in N'Djamena to take stock of the counter-terrorism strategy. One year after the Pau Summit in south-west France, the 5,100-strong Barkhane force is claiming tactical successes. However, on the ground, the armed groups are still very active....

The "Desert to Power" initiative has just received a grant of 5 million dollars from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (Sefa), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The money will be used to finance feasibility studies for renewable energy projects developed in the G5 Sahel countries, according to...

Le Président de la République française se rendra le 30 juin en Mauritanie pour participer, à l’invitation de ses homologues sahéliens, au Sommet de Nouakchott avec les pays membres du G5 Sahel : le Président de la République islamique de Mauritanie, M. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El GHAZOUANI, le Président de la...

Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement a accordé, le 9 juin à Abidjan, une aide de 20 millions de dollars prélevée sur le Fonds africain de développement, aux pays du G5 Sahel, Mauritanie, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger et Tchad, pour renforcer leurs capacités à juguler la pandémie de...

The Ministers of Culture of the G5 Sahel countries began a three-day meeting (15-17 January), in Ouagadougou, for a conference on the theme: "Contribution of culture to the prevention and the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel ”, with a view to finding effective solutions to combat terrorism through...