Global leaders have pledged over $8 billion to boost economic growth in the Sahel region of West Africa as they begin a United Nations-led visit to an area that has suffered for decades from devastating poverty, hunger and instability.
"The challenges in the Sahel respect no borders - neither should our solutions. The cycle of crises can be broken," said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who arrives in Bamako, Mali, today with other development leaders.
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