Dakar, 9 November 2021 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat ANNADIF, expresses his solidarity and offers his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the Government and the people of Niger following the death of more than twenty children caused by a fire on November 8 in a school in Maradi, in the south of Niger.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for West Africa and the Sahel, renews the support and solidarity of the United Nations to the people of Niger, bereaved by this tragedy.