Headline : Sahel Alliance resolves to enable millions of children in the Sahel to go to school

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Press release 16 July 2024 | The Sahel Alliance, which unites the main development supporters of the Sahel region, today reached agreement at its General Assembly meeting in Berlin that new initiatives should be launched to enable millions of children in the Sahel countries to go to school. At present, 40 per cent of the region's children of primary school age are not in school. Over 11,000 schools have been closed because they are threatened by terrorist groups. The long-term impacts of this on the children's future lives – but also on the region's stability and development – are dramatic. Germany and the World Bank are responding to this through a new education initiative within the framework of the Sahel Alliance. Other donors, too, for instance the European Commission, announced new activities. The Alliance members also confirmed German Development Minister Svenja Schulze in office as President of the Sahel Alliance General Assembly for another year.

Development Minister Svenja Schulze said, “The Sahel region has become an epicentre of terrorism. The destabilising threat posed by terrorist groups now goes far beyond Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. But we know how to counter this threat. Most of the young men are not joining terrorist groups out of conviction but because they need an income. In other words, education, jobs and local authorities that are able to do their job are key elements of the answer to the root causes of terrorism. At the General Assembly, we agreed to jointly stay engaged and give increased support to these forms of counteraction. Germany and the World Bank are therefore starting a new education initiative. Other donors are pursuing similar avenues. Millions of boys and girls are unable to go to school at present because of the threat posed by terrorism in the Sahel. If these children can go to school again, this will not only give their families new hope, it will also make the Sahel region a safer place in the long term.”

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