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Saudi to Support Investment in Sahel

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Africa’s Sahel countries, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger will receive investment aid from Saudi Arabia. According to reports, the Middle Eastern country has set aside €100 million to support priority investment programs in Africa’s Sahel region, the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

Ahmed Qattan, the Saudi State minister for African Affairs, made the announcement at a donors meeting for the five-member Sahel group, held in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott.


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