Development co-operation

  • 30 Sep 2016

    Niger: President Issoufou in New York

    Country: 
    Niger
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Body: 
    The President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, spoke at the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on 23 September 2016, and began a diplomatic marathon including: a bilateral meeting with Ban-Ki Moon, a meeting about COP22 in Marrakech with Morocco’s Foreign Ministry Minister Delegate Bourita Nasser, and a special summit on Lake Chad. In his speech to the General Assembly, he called for change in global governance systems in order to achieve the sustainable development goals. Read on
  • 29 Sep 2016

    OECD Africa Forum on Cities

    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Urban-rural development
    SWAC: 
    SWAC
    Body: 
    Co-hosted for the first time by the OECD Development Centre and the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), the Forum was held on 29 September at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris on the topic of, “African cities for Africa’s development.” Laurent Bossard, Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) moderated the debate of Session 1 on the theme, “Urbanisation: An Engine of Transformation for Africa?” Read on
  • 29 Sep 2016

    ECOWAS Commission President at the OECD

    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Development co-operation
    Regional integration
    Members: 
    ECOWAS
    SWAC: 
    SWAC
    Body: 
    On the sidelines of the OECD Africa Forum on 29 September 2016, the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) and the OECD Development Centre had a working session with the ECOWAS Commission President Alain Marcel de Souza. The session provided an opportunity to present key priorities of OECD’s work with Africa and to listen to the expectations of the ECOWAS Commission, beyond its SWAC membership. Read on
  • 23 Sep 2016

    Chad: USD 10 million for humanitarian assistance

    Country: 
    Chad
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Food security
    Security
    Body: 
    The security situation remains extremely fragile in the Lake Chad Basin and there have been several security incidents on Chad’s borders. According to the most recent UNOCHA update on the humanitarian situation in Chad: some 3.8 million people faced food insecurity at the end of August; and the country hosts some 388 000 refugees, 106 000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 89 000 returnees. Read on
  • 14 Sep 2016

    The EU plans to encourage investment in Africa

    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Economy
    Members: 
    European Union
    Body: 
    The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker announced the new European External Investment Plan (EIP) in his State of the Union speech on 14 September. The EU aims to encourage private sector investment in Africa and the EU neighbourhood. With EUR 3.35 billion from the EU budget and the European Development Fund, the Commission intends to mobilise, with guarantees of support, up to EUR 44 billion of investments. Read on
  • 07 Sep 2016

    ECOWAS customs union challenged

    Country: 
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Ghana
    Nigeria
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Economy
    Regional integration
    Members: 
    ECOWAS
    European Union
    Body: 
    West African finance ministers met in Dakar on 15-16 August during the 18th meeting of the joint ECOWAS-UEMOA Committee on the management of the Common External Tariff (CET). The objective of the meeting was to discuss two major concerns: the regional economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union and the implications for the ECOWAS Common External Tariff. Read on
  • 15 Jul 2016

    Food insecurity reaches extreme level in Borno State

    Country: 
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Topics: 
    Agriculture & Fisheries
    Development co-operation
    Food security
    Resilience
    Security
    Terrorism
    Members: 
    CILSS
    ECOWAS
    UEMOA
    RPCA: 
    RPCA
    Body: 
    Nigerian Minister of Health Isaac Adewole declared on 27 June a "nutrition emergency" in Borno State, where a large portion of the population is facing problems with access to food, water and health services due to the conflict in the north-east of the country. Information from recent rapid assessments raises the possibility that a famine could be occurring in the worst affected and less accessible pockets of the state. Read on
  • 15 Jul 2016

    Eradicating child poverty

    Topics: 
    Culture & Society
    Development co-operation
    Gender & Youth
    Members: 
    ECOWAS
    Body: 
    Following on an international conference held in late May at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, a group of experts commissioned by ECOWAS, UNICEF and the ILO, launched an appeal urging West African political authorities to eradicate child poverty. While health crises like the Ebola epidemic, natural disasters and conflicts have contributed to maintaining a high level of child poverty, above all it is inequalities and social exclusion that sustain the phenomenon. Read on
  • 15 Jul 2016

    Cape Verde, Senegal lead in CPIA ratings

    Country: 
    Cape Verde
    Ghana
    Senegal
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Economy
    Employment
    Body: 
    The World Bank has published the 2015 rankings in its Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Africa. Revised annually, the CPIA score evaluates, on a scale of 1 to 6, the capacity of a country's policies and institutions to support sustainable growth and poverty reduction. With Cape Verde and Senegal, West Africa is home to the second and third best scores in the continental ranking, after Rwanda. Read on
  • 13 Jul 2016

    Security Council reviews situation in the Sahel

    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Development co-operation
    Sahara-Sahel
    Security
    Body: 
    On 11 July, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), delivered his first Security Council briefing on West Africa and the Sahel since the merging of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel (OSES), establishing UNOWAS. Read on

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