Ecosystem services, livelihoods and resilience in Sahel (Stockholm Resilience Centre)
In the Sahel, where livelihoods rely heavily on rainfed agriculture and pastoralism amid growing climate uncertainty, understanding how people engage…
Entendre la voix des éleveurs au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest : Quel avenir pour le pastoralisme face à l’insécurité et ses impacts ? (Inter-Réseaux)
Cette étude met en lumière la dynamique circulaire entre les crises du pastoralisme et l’insécurité, soulignant une relation d’interdépendance aggravante.…
Food Security in WAEMU: Current Challenges and a Way Forward (International Monetary Fund)
Over the past few years, food insecurity in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has gotten worse, mostly…
Programmes d’Inclusion Productive au Sahel : Aperçu des Programmes et des Résultats d’Évaluation dans la Région (French) (World Bank)
“Le rapport présente: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025143612511/pdf/P174125-81e909c5-b2f2-4b25-9fb2-4d059e734e26.pdf
In Unison: The Sahel. Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Conflict (Corus)
According to Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, President and CEO of Corus International, the Sahel faces multifaceted challenges, including the socioeconomic repercussions…
Land, Peace and Security: Secure access to land as a vital guarantee for the protection of communities in the Sahel (Oxfam)
One of the main causes of violence, food and physical insecurity, and breaches of the fundamental rights of internally displaced…
Management Tools for Environmental Threats in the Cameroonian Sahel: Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Ecological and Socioeconomic Resilience (SSRN)
The combined consequences of climate change, human pressure, overuse of natural resources, and inadequate environmental governance are causing fast environmental…
UNHCR Environment and Climate Action in Hodh Chargui, South-East Mauritania May 2025 (UNHCR)
Drought and desertification have long plagued the Sahelian nation of Mauritania. One of the areas most affected by climate change…
Where the desert advances, women push back (CIFOR-ICRAF)
The Great Green Wall (GGW) project is still gaining momentum. Beginning in 2007, this African-led initiative aims to plant a…
Land degradation and agriculture in the Sahel of Africa: causes, impacts and recommendations (Journal of Agricultural Science and Applications)
Soil deterioration, mostly from wind erosion, is a defining feature of land degradation in the Sahel. This is aided by…
Grazing effects on vegetation dynamics in the savannah ecosystems of the Sahel (Ecological Processes)
There were notable differences in the diversity and composition of herbaceous species across the various grazing intensity levels (p <0.001).…
West and Central Africa: UNOWAS and UNOCA pool their efforts to strengthen peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders and ensure the sustainable management of transhumance (UNOWAS)
From February 26 to 27, 2025, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and for Central…