Sahel Region: African Union Appoints Special Envoy

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Burundi's president Évariste Ndayishimiye at the European Union-Africa Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 17, 2022. © 2022 Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Nairobi) – The African Union’s (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region strengthens the AU’s capacity to address the most pressing human rights challenges facing Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Evariste Ndayishimiye. The appointment of Ndayishimiye on July 17, 2025, comes at a critical juncture…

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