THE GREAT GREEN WALL. An overview and lessons learnt (Danish Institute for International Studies)
This DIIS Working Paper provides a broad overview of the Great Green Wall initiative to draw out lessons learnt from…
And Then Things Got Complicated: Addressing the Security-Climate-Migration Nexus in the Sahel (Nexus25)
The nexus of climate change, human mobility, and instability demands new forms of multilateral engagement and an end to the…
Assessing the Environmental Suitability for Transhumance in Support of Conflict Prevention in the Sahel (MDPI)
A clear difference in environmental suitability between the origin and destination areas of herders was found in the dry season,…
Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel (Brookings)
More than 40 years after a catastrophic famine struck the region, the Sahel has once again become the focus of…
State, Borders and Territory in the Sahel: The Case of the G5 Sahel (Policy Center for the New South)
“This Policy Brief highlights the depths of the Sahel crisis. Some aspects of the crisis, such as extremist violence, migration,…
Sahel: Moving beyond military containment policy report (Atlantic Council)
“It has been almost ten years since the beginning of the security crisis in the Sahel. In the throes of…
Engaging Youth As Mediators: A Guide For Practitioners (Search for Common Ground)
“In addition to capacity support directly targeting mediation skills, support to develop conflict analyses can also be very important. Effective…
How not to lose the Sahel: Community perspectives on insecurity and international interventions in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (Saferworld)
“Years of international military interventions have caused the Sahel to be more unstable and insecure now than a decade ago.…
Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UN SC)
“The present report covers the period from 18 June to 21 December 2021 and contains an overview of developments and…
Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced (UNHCR)
“Internal displacement has increased tenfold since 2013, from 217,000 to a staggering 2.1 million by late 2021. The number of…
The 3rd Annual Sahel Summit (CSIS)
“Weak governance, insecurity, and humanitarian disaster have worsened in the Sahel over the past year, and prospects for lasting peace…
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall? New Insights on Water Security and Fragility in the Sahel (World Bank)
“Do Sahelian countries face specific risks of water-related conflict Sahelian countries face growing fragility and climate challenges—especially those belonging to…