West Africa: Is the Gambia Government Placed to Pioneer the Sahel Governance Forum?

West Africa: Is the Gambia Government Placed to Pioneer the Sahel Governance Forum?

The President of the Republic should gauge what projects and programmes it should host on behalf of Ecowas or the United Nations. The recent meeting on the situation in the Sahel came about because of the unconstitutional takeover of government that resulted in the withdrawals of three countries from Ecowas.

Sahel Governance Forum: What Is The Problem In The Sahel? – The Standard Newspaper

By Madi Jobarteh The core Sahel countries are Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mauritania. As the UN convenes what it calls the Sahel Governance Forum in The Gambia, four of these core Sahel countries are under military rule, while Mauritania is a fledgling ‘democracy’. When extended, and depending on context, the Sahel also contains Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Sudan and Eritrea are classified as eastern Sahel zone, while Northern…