West Africa and the global climate agenda (OECD)
COP27 will return to Africa for the first time since 2016 to follow up on promises made in Glasgow in…
Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP): Annual Report – Fiscal Year 2022 (The World Bank)
The countries in the Sahel region remain among the poorest in the world while also being highly vulnerable to shocks.…
The Sahel, Central African Republic Face Complex Challenges to Sustainable Development (IMF)
Countries in the Sahel (comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger), along with neighboring Central African Republic (CAR) are…
Resilience of Agrosystems in the Sahel and West Africa: The Need for a Shift Towards Interdisciplinary Paradigms (SSRN)
he following article focuses on these agrosystems’ resilience, for which several criteria have been monitored over multiple decades by the…
Analysis report on biomass production in 2023 in the Sahel (Sig Sahel)
Biomass production globally close to normal in the Sahelian zone of West Africa Biomass production higher than normal in the…
Architects “could be very important” to Africa’s Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem (Dezeen)
The coordinator of the mammoth Great Green Wall project to heal land in Africa’s Sahel region, Elvis Paul Tangem, calls…
Climate change and resilience in the Central Sahel (CIDOB 50)
This policy paper summarises the main findings from research conducted under CASCADES on the Central Sahel, covering Burkina Faso, Mali…
Analysis report on biomass production in 2023 in the Sahel (Action contre la faim)
“This document provides a quantitative assessment of the quality of the 2023 growing season in West Africa. The analysis primarily…
The EU strategy for the Sahel: an overarching approach to a systematic crisis (VUP Brussels School of Governance)
This policy paper explores the complex issues threatening the Sahel region’s security and stability. It looks at important topics like…
Hand in Hand Investment Forum: Spotlight on Sahel and Dry Corridor regional initiatives (FAO)
Governments from five countries outlined their commitments in the area and – notably given some recent government changes in the…
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…
Cut down once again: Uncontrolled logging puts new Sahel reforestation projects at risk (Mongabay)
Several initiatives, just like the Reforestation 1400 and the Great Green Wall projects, were launched in these two Central African…