23/07/2020
Financial, development and humanitarian arms provide $20 million to curb the impact of COVID-19 on ...
Download logo Public health, the wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in the Sahel are at the heart of the latest tripartite agreement between the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the G5 Sahel signed today. The agreement enables a critical $20 million COVID-19 response across the five countries of the Sahel region. Financed by the African Development Fund, the project will allow the Governments of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger ndash; which make up the G5 Sahel regional cooperation and coordination framework ndash; to strengthen their national capacity to stop the spread of COVID-19 and limit its social and economic...
