Representatives of five Sahel countries implementing the Empowerment initiative dubbed: "Youth, Education for citizenship and Gender Equality" (YEG), have begun deliberations towards strengthening its success in the next phase.
The meeting organised by OXFAM, the implementing agency, with funding from DANIDA, Denmark, is being attended by members of Civil Society Organisations and youth groups from Ghana, Niger, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Burkina Faso.