Foundations of Burkina Faso’s Great Green Wall: Vegetation Growth in the Sahel Since 1990 (Toronto Metropolitan University)
In 2006, the African Union conceived a plan to halt the advancing desert, a wall of greenery stretching from coast…
Strengthening Stabilization in the Sahel (UNDP)
To ensure the success of stabilization activities, priority must be given to the expertise of local communities, which are in…
Video… The Sahel-Transatlantic Dialogues (CSIS)
Despite investments in the region as well as short-term assistance, the situation in the Sahel continues to spiral. There is…
Supporting cooperation in the Sahel (GIZ)
The Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad form a region that has great potential, but also…
Tropical Waves Are Key Drivers of Extreme Precipitation Events in the Central Sahel (AGU)
A composite analysis reveals that moist, cyclonic and upper-level divergence anomalies are found on average as a result of several…
Bad pharma: Trafficking illicit medical products in West Africa (ECOWAS COMMISSION)
West Africa has become a hotspot for the trafficking of medical products, with estimations that the illicit market makes up…
Climate resilience can be a catalyst for peace and prosperity in the Sahel (UNDP)
The impacts of climate change, including long-term stress and sudden shocks, are acting as a threat multiplier. The UN Development…
SAHEL SCHOOL CLOSURES INCREASE BY 20% IN PAST YEAR, WITH 200,000 MORE CHILDREN OUT OF CLASS (SAVE THE CHILDREN)
An uptick in violence in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali has led to the closure of…
Activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel. Report of the Secretary-General (United Nations Security Council)
The present report covers the period from 31 December 2023 to 29 June 2023 and contains an overview of developments…
SIPRI – Humanitarian Protection in the Liptako-Gourma Region: Local Protection Mechanisms and Humanitarian Response (Sahel Coalition)
As part of the research programme ‘Humanitarian Protection in the Liptako-Gourma region’, this is the second of two reports seeking…
Digitalisation in the Sahel – Piloting interactive voice response (Sustain Sahel)
Digital tools hold the potential to open the untapped potential of agroecology across Africa. One such tool, aiming to reach…
NIGER. The Gate to the Sahel (Brot für die Welt)
Many interventions have been targeted at strenghtening the legal and institutional framework regarding migration control and border security. Much of…