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…
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…
Sahel Dashboard – Humanitarian Overview (OCHA via Reliefweb)
The Sahel region is experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis driven by armed conflict, climate shocks, and mass displacement. As of…
Adaptive Social Protection and Human Capital (World Bank)
Through integrated social protection mechanisms in climate-vulnerable environments, the Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) thematic overview describes strategic measures…
A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering the lives of 190 million children – UNICEF (UNICEF)
Water-related issues pose a “triple danger” to 190 million children in ten African nations, according to UNICEF: a lack of…
Human-caused climate change fuels extreme heat in Africa’s Sahel region: Burkina Faso and Mali (Climate Central)
Due to human-caused climate change, the likelihood of unusually high temperatures during the next four days (March 4-8) in Burkina…
Responding to COVID-19 through Social Protection Systems in the Sahel: Towards addressing the socioeconomic impacts of multiple shocks (UNICEF-WFP Joint Project) 2024 Annual Report (socialprotection.org)
In order to help the governments of Mali, Mauritania, and Niger handle the urgent, enormous demands brought on by the…
Extreme Heat Taxes Africa’s Women and Reproduction (Think Global Health)
In their daily lives, many African women have little to no protection against periods of intense heat. They frequently don’t…
Integrated Resilience in the Sahel (World Food Programme)
Through land restoration, community infrastructure construction, education promotion, better nutrition and health, and job creation for women and youth in…
Deadly climate change-induced furnace strikes in Sahel and West Africa (Daily Maverick; Imperial College London)
According to hospital reports, many of the hundreds of deaths that took place in the Sahel region in April 2024…
Regional Impact Report. The Sahel (The Global Fund)
To accommodate the continuously evolving health care environment in the Sahel, we modify our activities. International humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGOs),…