Donor countries on Tuesday (October 20) pledged more than $ 1.7 billion to increase humanitarian aid in the central Sahel and prevent the region from plunging "
into one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world
", the government said. UN.
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The amount of these pledges was announced after a donor videoconference meeting jointly organized by the UN, Denmark, Germany and the European Union.