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Donors pledge $1.7 billion for Burkina Faso, Mail and Niger

by Edith M. Lederer
| October 21, 2020 12:03 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 20 donors pledged nearly $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region for this year and over $700 million for 2021 and beyond, the United Nations announced Tuesday.

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