The Sahel region faces a number of pressing challenges such as extreme poverty, frequent food crises, high population growth rates, institutional weaknesses, irregular migration and related crimes such as trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling. Violent extremism also poses serious security challenges to the region and have potential spill-over effects outside the region, including Europe.
The EU Delegations play a key role in presenting, explaining and implementing EU’s foreign policies in their host countries.
They also analyse and report on the policies and developments there and conduct negotiations in accordance with their respective mandates.