Institutions, informality, and conflict in the Sahel: The case for Mali (Brookings)
“The survey data support our recommendations, first by suggesting increased focus on central and local government cooperation, as it documents…
Desertification in the Sahel Region: A Product of Climate Change or Human Activities? A Case of Desert Encroachment Monitoring in North-Eastern Nigeria Using Remote Sensing Techniques (MDPI Geographies)
“The study area and Sahel region as a whole should be delineated as an emergency disaster zone, with intervention projects…
Hunger in West Africa reaches record high in a decade as the region faces an unprecedented crisis (World Food Programme)
The number of women, men and children affected by a food and nutrition crisis in West and Central Africa is…
Food crisis: the EU takes action to support Africa’s Sahel and Lake Chad regions (European Commission)
A total of €554 million in 2022 will be targeted at increasing food security in Sahel and Lake Chad, where…
How pastoralism supports livelihoods and builds peace (foodforafrica.com)
The Sahel region, which stretches from the Sahara desert in the north to the southern savannahs of Sudan, plays a…
Human Rights Climate Change and Migration in the Sahel (OHCHR)
This report provides an overview of climate change-related migration through a human rights lens.Building on a case study included in…
Pastoralism: Supporting livelihoods, building peace (FAO)
With funding from the Peacebuilding Fund, FAO and the IOM have partnered on a project in the Liptako-Gourma area, which…
Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel (Brookings)
More than 40 years after a catastrophic famine struck the region, the Sahel has once again become the focus of…
State, Borders and Territory in the Sahel: The Case of the G5 Sahel (Policy Center for the New South)
“This Policy Brief highlights the depths of the Sahel crisis. Some aspects of the crisis, such as extremist violence, migration,…
Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile, further straining fragile Sahel region (UNHCR)
“The Sahel is also on the front lines of the climate crisis, with temperatures increasing at 1.5 times the global…