The Government of Mali proceeded to the adoption of draft texts relating to the ratification of a financing agreement signed on September 21 in Bamako with the International Development Association (IDA) relating to phase II of the Regional Development Project. support for pastoralism in the Sahel.

This IDA agreement devotes financing of 24.8 million euros to Mali. It is intended to support the efforts of the government of the Republic of Mali to promote the pastoral sector, improve the resilience of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the targeted areas and promote the socio-economic development of the country. Indeed, the sector is confronted with several difficulties which do not stop increasing. Since 2012, animals in the flood-prone region of the Inner Niger Delta are likely to die in the event of flooding, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA-Mali) notes in a report.