School feeding initiatives in the Central Sahel: Burkina Faso case study (UNESCO)
This report provides information about Plan International’s response to the hunger crisis through school feeding initiatives, especially school gardens in…
Video… The Sahel-Transatlantic Dialogues (CSIS)
Despite investments in the region as well as short-term assistance, the situation in the Sahel continues to spiral. There is…
Supporting cooperation in the Sahel (GIZ)
The Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad form a region that has great potential, but also…
Tropical Waves Are Key Drivers of Extreme Precipitation Events in the Central Sahel (AGU)
A composite analysis reveals that moist, cyclonic and upper-level divergence anomalies are found on average as a result of several…
Cut down once again: Uncontrolled logging puts new Sahel reforestation projects at risk (Mongabay)
Several initiatives, just like the Reforestation 1400 and the Great Green Wall projects, were launched in these two Central African…
Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth (FAO)
The Sahel region is nowadays facing many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, lacking of economic prospects and decent employment opportunities,…
Reforestation and sylvopastoral systems in Sahelian drylands: evaluating return on investment from Provisioning Ecosystem Services, Senegal (Frontiers)
Through a quantification of the economic potential of the provisioning Ecosystem Services by these programs in Senegal, this paper shows…
World Bank: the importance of groundwater on climate resilience in the Sahel (The World Bank)
As most groundwater resources in this region are transboundary, the World Bank commends the countries on their determination to strengthen…
Sahelian biomass production analysis bulletin at rainy mid-season 2023 (SigSahel)
Biomass production near average levels throughout West Africa and the Sahel. Good biomass production in the southern region of Mauritania…
Conflict Prevention in the Sahel: Emerging Practice Across the UN (UNO CPR)
Preventing violent conflict is a central goal of the United Nations and a clear priority for Secretary-General António Guterres. It…
Closing the opportunity gap in the Sahel (Brookings)
The countries of the Sahel rank among the world’s lowest on the Human Capital Index … , which quantifies the…
Wilson Memo | Converging Risks: Demographic Trends, Gender Inequity, and Security Challenges in the Sahel (Wilson Center)
Security conditions in the Sahel are rapidly deteriorating. Since 2016, the region has witnessed a16-fold increase in terrorist attacks. In…