Audio and Key Insights: sahara-sahel.org, 3 May 2026
(sahara-sahel.org) – The Sahel is currently facing a compounding crisis where a security escalation in Mali, but more generally political…
Regardless of Sahel region’s instability, international cooperation remains essential (Enabel)
This article makes the case that international cooperation is still necessary to address long-term development and security issues, notwithstanding the…
The enduring resilience of children of the Central Sahel in the midst of crisis (UNICEF)
This statement summarizes the results of a 14-day tour to the Central Sahel, which revealed a region characterized by severe…
Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in the Sahel : A Regional Brief Covering Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger (World Bank)
This brief looks at the circumstances of around 13 million teenage girls in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger who…
Withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) from ECOWAS: A Theoretical Analysis of the Macroeconomic Consequences (SSRN)
This paper examines the macroeconomic, political, and social ramifications of the Alliance of Sahel States’ (Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali)…
Audio and Key Insights: sahara-sahel.org, 6 April 2026
(sahara-sahel.org) – The gist of this edition’s texts are that in Africa’s Sahel and broader dry belt, overlapping crises—water scarcity,…
Securing Africa’s Future Water Needs (CSIS)
The serious and expanding problem of water insecurity from the Sahel to South Africa is examined in this feature. It…
Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program. Impacts on the Economy, Productivity and Self-Reliance (World Bank)
By incorporating income-generating assistance into social safety net systems, the World Bank’s Productive Inclusion page describes a strategy for improving…
Impact of climate-smart agricultural technologies adoption on food security in the West African Sahel: evidence from Mali and Niger (European Commission)
Using data from Mali and Niger and sophisticated econometric models, this study examines how climate-smart agricultural technologies (CSAT) affect food…
Healthy diets, costs and food policies in the Sahel and West Africa (OECD)
The ‘triple burden of malnutrition,’ which includes undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition, characterizes the food and nutrition security crisis in…
Advanced practices in gender lens investing: Sahel Capital (Criterion Institute)
This study makes the case that attaining gender equality in finance necessitates a fundamental change in how investment decisions are…
Audio and Key Insights: sahara-sahel.org, 27 February 2026
Main points of the texts on climate shocks, conflicts, new strategic needs, resilience partnership, hunger and social protection, modern water‑satisfaction…