The Nigerien capital, Niamey is hosting the 15th meeting of the Regional Committee for Disaster Management in West Africa

Capacity building of the body is also on the agenda of the conference that began on Monday.

The participants will discuss synergies in emergency response in the West African sub-region during this meeting.

Abdullahi Hassan has more in this report by our Niamey correspondent Mourtala Zoubeirou.