For Sahel Stability, U.S. Needs Broader, Coordinated Policy (USIP)
Over the past ten years, insurgencies and coups have expanded throughout Africa’s Sahel, and U.S. policy has claimed to acknowledge…
Sahel social cohesion research in Burkina Faso and Niger: Working Paper (IFPRI)
The attendant deepening of food, livelihood, and human insecurities has contributed to a rural exodus of men and women to…
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…
Conflict Prevention in the Sahel: Emerging Practice Across the UN (UNU CPR)
Acknowledging that the UN reforms are still in early phases of rollout, the paper identifies emerging practice in the UN’s…
Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth (Global Donor Platform For Rural Development)
The Sahel region is nowadays facing many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, lacking of economic prospects and decent employment opportunities,…
Governance and provision of basic social services as a means of conflict prevention in West Africa and the Sahel Region (United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa)
This policy paper examines the challenges of conflict prevention and sustaining peace in West Africa and the Sahel. It considers…
Sahel & Lake Chad (EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa)
Given the proximity of the Sahel to the EU and its immediate neighbourhood, the EU is working closely with the…
Moving from Reaction to Action – Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel (UNHCR)
“As a product of the Sahel Predictive Analytics project, this report supports the implementation of the UNISS, the United Nations…
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.…
Addressing Gender-based Violence In The Central Sahel (InterAction)
Women and girls in the region experience some of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) globally. However, limited funding…
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…