Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (CFR)
The African countries of the Sahel stand to be among the most affected by climate change. To help mitigate its…
Activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel. Report of the Secretary-General (via United Nations Security Council)
The time frame covered by the report hyperlinked below is July 1, 2024, to November 30, 2024. The document provides…
The Untapped Potential of Great Green Wall Voluntary Carbon Market Projects: Unlocking Opportunities for Sahelian Communities (World Economic Forum)
The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel (GGW), spearheaded by the African Union, is already a regional concept…
Bearing the burden: Climate change-attributable losses and damages in the Sahel and Greater Horn of Africa (Polity, South Africa)
Since indirect costs and losses associated with slow-onset processes cannot be evaluated using the same technique, figures understate the actual…
Water valuation and resilient development, stakeholders from West Africa and the Sahel consolidate the DREVE initiative (Global Water Partnership West Africa)
The regional initiative for the development, resilience, and valorisation of water for West Africa (DREVE) and its numerous pillars were…
Financing for gender equality in the Sahel and West Africa (OECD)
The Sahel and West Africa still have a long way to go in achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality. Although…
‘Feeding millions’ – how land restoration can turn around Africa’s Sahel (World Food Programme)
For millions of farmers like her, agricultural output is under danger due to recurring droughts, deforestation, and soil degradation. At…
Project 21 – Consider the socio-economic dimension of protection: Decision-making support bulletin for the Central Sahel | Burkina Faso, Mali, Western Niger (October 2024) (UNHCR via reliefweb)
One in two respondents in the 102 provinces that Project 21 covers believe that material and economic hardship raises the…
Europe, Beyond Its Southern Border (CSIS)
The Sahel’s problems are becoming more complicated, and the region is receiving exponentially more attention from across the world. European…
Non-state armed groups and illicit economies in West Africa (Global Initiative)
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) and the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) have collaborated…
Addressing Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Vulnerability in the Sahel Region (LandLinks)
Intense climate change effects, state fragility and conflict, and growing violent extremism are all occurring in the Sahel area of…
Small-Scale Irrigation in the Sahel: Adoption Trends, Profitability, and Challenges (bonndoc, University of Bonn)
This research examines the labor profitability of SSI and clearly distinguishes between farmer-led SSI (FSSI) and nonfarmer-led SSI (NFSSI), in…