These start-ups are helping to make life in the Sahel more sustainable (World Economic Forum)
“The Great Green Wall initiative aims to restore land degraded by desertification and create sustainable jobs in Africa’s Sahel region.…
The roots of peace: Why Europeans should help re-establish support for local dialogue in the Sahel (ecfr.eu)
“It is necessary to move beyond overly militarised strategies for stabilisation in the Sahel. Local dialogue initiatives can address the…
The Warning Signs are Flashing Red: The Interplay Between Climate Change and Violent Extremism in the Western Sahel (ICCT)
“Development and security cannot do without the other. It is not enough to counter violent extremism by addressing the symptoms;…
Climate change and conflict in the Central Sahel: A shared responsibility to support local resilience (ecdpm)
“The responses to the crisis should also rely more on localised gender-sensitive and conflict-sensitive analyses and take into account psychological…
Sahel Conference Report: Promoting a Private-Public Dialogue for Development, Security and the Fight against Violent Extremism in the G5 Sahel (CIPE)
“Constructive dialogue between the public and private sectors is crucial to advancing economic growth and development across Africa. The private…
Women leading change for a safe and prosperous Sahel (UNDP)
“Baba Sultan Ibrahim, Chairperson of the Women’s Association of the Limani Subprefecture in Guité, Chad, underlined the role women play…
CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON GENDER-SENSITIVE CONFLICT, POLITICAL ANALYSIS AND REGIONAL PRIORITIES ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY (UNOWAS)
“The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in partnership with the Joint DPPA-UNDP-DCO Programme and the…
The Sahel Integrated Resilience Programme & Scale-up 2023-2028 Executive summary (World Food Programme)
“In the short term, the Sahel Integrated Resilience Programme aims to increase land productivity, farmers’ incomes and community resilience. In…
Integrated Resilience in the Sahel (World Food Programme)
“WFP is boosting resilience at scale in the Sahel by restoring land, building community infrastructure, promoting education, improving nutrition and…
Regreening the Sahel: A quiet agroecological evolution (Oxfam)
This case study examines the interacting factors that have led to success. It highlights the fundamental connections between human, environmental…
The Sahel’s “Great Green Wall” is more than about planting trees (commonspace.eu)
“The Sahel ‘Great green wall'”‘ is an ambitious project to plant trees across 7000 kilometers from the Red Sea to…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (Council on Foreign Relations)
“The African countries of the Sahel stand to be among the most affected by climate change. To help mitigate its…