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The Sand Festival

26/02/2024, m.armanino

‘Thank you very much Mauro. I enjoyed all this sand literature. Tell me… what would you think of a Sand Festival? Thanks and see you soon, AKM’. .. I confess that the idea of ​​the friend who is an expert in rural management and development intrigued me. If etymologically the word ‘festival’ had a festive […]

Benedizioni dal Sahel

06/02/2024, m.armanino

Like everything that concerns us, even blessings are made of dust, or rather wind dust. In recent days, in Niamey the capital and its surroundings, they have returned. The wind that brings the desert dust that cools at night and in the early morning. The afternoons are sunny but not excessively because we are in […]

Humanitarian assistance remains essential for Burkina Faso

20/01/2024, Redazione BnD

Faced with a volatile security environment, poor families in areas under lockdown in the Sahel region in general, and in Djibo municipality in particular, could see their situation worsen if assistance is not strengthened.

Between coups d’état and terrorism

17/01/2024, Redazione BnD

In recent years, various coups have shaken Sahelian Africa, particularly the west-central Sahel.

Preventing food insecurity in the Sahel

15/01/2024, Redazione BnD

Social protection programs are often the first response to food insecurity and climate shocks. Thanks to the adaptive social protection program in the Sahel financed by a multi-bilateral trust fund and integrated by the International Development Agency (IDA), the emergency response to the drought was activated and over 100,000 families were able to benefit from […]

The “fall” of the CFA Franc reshapes the Sahel economy

11/01/2024, Redazione BnD

On September 16, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed an agreement inaugurating a new coalition between these Sahelian states. This initiative laid the foundation for even broader transformations.

In praise of fatherhood

09/01/2024, m.armanino

The National Committee for the Protection of the Homeland, CNSP for short, has existed in Niger since July 26, the day President Mohamed Bazoum was taken prisoner. Months pass and the theme of the Homeland shows no sign of diminishing, on the contrary, patriotism and patriots are now model citizens to imitate. The new Nigerian […]

Global deforestation; failed goal?

07/01/2024, Luca Iotti

Increasing global deforestation is taking on dramatic proportions, with devastating consequences that are alarmingly reflected in areas of high population density, such as the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa.

Children in the Niger Desert: a new chapter in the humanitarian mission

02/01/2024, Luca Iotti

With the beginning of 2024, Children in the Desert is preparing to open a new chapter in its history, this time in the heart of the Sahara desert in Agadez, Niger. After more than twenty years of experience in this country, we are turning our vision into reality by creating Children in the Niger Desert, a new NGO that will carry forward our common mission of aid and development.