Report Summary: Unpacking ‘new climate wars’: Actors and Drivers of Conflict in the Sahel (Danish Foreign Policy Society)
The report maps the key actors driving violence in the Mopti region (the region of Mali located in the Sahel),…
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…
WFP resilience programmes in Sahel act as buffer against instability, build peace and social cohesion – study finds (World Food Programme)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s efforts to build resilience to climate-related and human-made shocks and stressors have been…
Transnational Organized Crime in the Sahel (UNODC)
The Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment – Sahel (TOCTA Sahel) consists of a series of research reports that provide in-depth…
Building Resilience in the Sahel in an Era of Forced Displacement (Wilson Center)
In the Sahel, a growing crisis driven by ongoing violence and devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and…
PROTECTING THE SAHEL AND BEYOND: HOW SAFEGUARDING AGAINST CORRUPTION COULD MAKE THE GREAT GREEN WALL A REALITY (TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL)
Today, the initiative traverses an immense expanse of the African continent with more than thirty countries and multiple organisations involved.…
Donor dilemmas in the Sahel: How the EU can better support civil society in Mali and Niger (Saferworld)
The EU has said it wants to support a ‘civilian surge’ to improve human security and sustain a robust civil…
How to Address the Climate and Humanitarian Crisis in the Central Sahel (UN DISPATCH)
In a new report from the International Rescue Committee, Climate and Humanitarian Crisis in the Central Sahel, we find that…
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: North Africa and Sahel (Adelphi)
This paper endeavours to provide a concise overview of peer-reviewed literature on the links between climate change and conflict in…
Sahel & West Africa – Food Security and Nutrition Hotspot Analysis (April 2023) (UNICEF, WFP)
The analysis aims to ensure better targeting in humanitarian context, enhance coordination of interventions and supply planning, inform stakeholders, decision-makers…
Trans-border Mobility and Security in the Sahel: Exploring the Dynamics of Forced Migration and Population Displacements in Burkina Faso and Mali (Springer)
Using qualitative methods and documentary evidence, the paper found that poor governance, lack of state-building measures, and socio-economic exclusion of…
Watchlist Insight: Climate and Humanitarian Crisis in the Central Sahel (International Rescue Committee)
This report examines how political decisions dating from the French colonial rule through the early 2000s have marginalised peripheral areas…