OCHA said that without sufficient support, the floods threaten to hinder the reopening of schools, with the new school year set to begin this month. The floods could also aggravate existing food insecurity, particularly in Chad and Niger. On Thursday, UN humanitarians said that more than 5 million people in 16 countries in West and […]

The presidents of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso adopted on Saturday the treaty to formalize the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a coalition they announced last September before their exit en bloc from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). RELATED: UNHCR Reports More Than 3.3 Million Forcibly Displaced in Sahel At the opening […]