The Sahel’s humanitarian crisis must not be forgotten (euobserver)
West Africa runs the risk of becoming overlooked. Hunger, displacement, and humanitarian need are reaching never-before-seen levels due to armed…
UNFPA Sudan Emergency Situation Report (UNFPA via Reliefweb)
Since the conflict began in April 2023, 8.1 million people – including 6.3 million internally displaced people (IDPs) – have…
Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel (Brookings)
Glimpse: The Sahel has once again drawn attention from around the world, more than 40 years after a devastating famine…
WFP calls for urgent support to safeguard resilience programmes in The Sahel as funding dwindles (World Food Programme)
Glimpse: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urging governments and partners to protect resilience-building programs that assist crisis-affected…
For Peace in Sahel, African and U.S. Experts Urge Focused Partnership (USIP)
Glimpse: In the recent past, a dilemma gained in importance from the standpoint of U.S. and foreign policymakers: the assistance…
Sustainable Energy for Economic and Climate Security in the Sahel. Sahel Human Development Report 2023 (UNDP)
Priorities are abundant. In order to give measures in the Sahelian countries greater meaning, actors should keep long-term objectives in…
Cash Transfers and Resilience: Strengthening Linkages Between Emergency Cash Transfers and National Social Transfer Programmes in the Sahel – Discussion Paper (CALP Network)
The conversations during the learning event served as inspiration for this discussion paper. It aims to broaden the conversation to…
Reorienting Europe’s Approach in the Sahel (International Crisis Group)
To that end, the EU and its member states should … eorient their policies toward the long term in three…
Analysts Examine Implications of African States’ Exit From ECOWAS (VOA)
Analysts in West Africa are reacting to the sudden exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the regional economic…
West Africa: What will happen after the “Sahel-Exit”? (The Bar Magazine)
On January 28th, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced that they are exiting ECOWAS with immediate effect. The divide within…
The Sahel Crisis, Governance, and Security
Jonathan MizeroAssociate, Policyinstitute.net The Sahel region, the ‘underbelly’ of the Sahara desert is one of those geo-politically important, yet under-estimated…
Blinken pledges $45 mln to boost coastal West Africa security (Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $45 million in additional financing to help fight conflict and bring…