| I am going to take ten minutes to speak to you about my region, the Sahel, which has very particular characteristics. |
| This same goal prompted my country to sign the constitutive act of the African Union and to join the Sahel and Sahara States Grouping. |
| So in the Sahel region of Africa average rainfall has fallen by a quarter in the last 30 years. |
| We, the G-8 countries, stand together to support them, in particular, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Sahel, Somalia and Yemen. |
| Michel Mavros played a central role in the production of the Sahel Opera as production co-ordinator and talent scout for Africa. |
| Ouadnagim is a Tuareg community of 1500 people who live in the Sahel desert on the far side of Timbuktu. |
