Ministerial Roundtable for the Central Sahel

Several development partners raised the alert concerning the deteriorating security situation in the Central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger), which turned into “one of the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crises”. On 20 October 2020, the Government of Denmark, in partnership with the Government of Germany, the EU and the United Nations, hosted a high-level humanitarian event on the Central Sahel. The event included a ministerial roundtable, bringing together representatives from Member States, International Organisations, UN Agencies, NGOs and civil society. The roundtable obtained political commitments and raised a total of EUR 1.47 billion funding pledges (EUR 848.9 million for 2020 and EUR 620.8 for 2021 and beyond). All together, some 24 announcements were made.