Sahel 2021: Communal wars, broken ceasefires, and shifting frontlines (ACLED)
“In 2021, the Sahel crisis entered its tenth year. Despite the transnational nature of the crisis, each country has experienced…
Root Cause Analysis of Community-based Violence and Conflicts in G5 Sahel Countries (G5 Sahel, African Security Sector Network)
“The approach taken in this study seeks to identify the underlying structural dynamics of violence and competition within and between…
Regional Protction Monitoring Report – Central Sahel (Projet 21 by UNHCR and DRC)
“First biannual report from Project 21, a new regional interagency protection monitoring tool aimed at harmonising data collection and analysis…
Maghreb-Sahel Security (Dis)connections: Shifting Dynamics and Growing Challenges (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
“Residual identity discontent is among the root-causes of unresolved grievances in the Sahel, breeding security challenges and complicating efforts to…
ICCT’s Key Publications on Countering Violent Extremism in Mali (ICCT)
The MERIT project, a joint endeavor by ICCT and UNICRI, aims at “preventing and countering violent extremism in Mali.” The…
Women Preventing Violent Extremism (WPVE) in the Horn and Sahel (USIP)
Women must be integrated in the fight against the “drivers of violent extremism” in the Horn of Africa and the…
Conflict, Coping and Covid: Changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020 (GI-TOC)
“Smuggling and trafficking in Libya, Tunisia, Niger, Chad and Mali” has been monitored by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized…
Climate-Related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
Extremism and crime are worsened by climate change, leading up to risks with regard to peace and security in the…
Countering Radicalization and Violent Extremism in the Regions of Sahel and Maghreb (UNICRI)
Local partners should be incorporated in efforts to counter violent extremism in the countries of the African Sahel region. Localized…
The Sahel: Europe’s Forever War? (Centre for European Reform)
Since 2012, when conflict first escalated in northern Mali, the Sahel has seen instances of violence erupting. The EU and…
Sahel: Council approves conclusions on the EU’s integrated strategy in the region (Council of the EU)
The European Union has expressed its intention to “deepen its partnership” with the G5 member states, existing institutions and, specifically,…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (ClimateLinks/ USAID)
Religiously-motivated violence and networks animated by crime risks growing in Mali. At the intersection of climate change and conflict, complex…