Future rainfall over Sahel and Sahara (RealClimate)
“The African rainfall deficit appears to be widespread: the Cairo Review reports severe droughts that have been experienced across the…
Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile, further straining fragile Sahel region (UNHCR)
“The Sahel is also on the front lines of the climate crisis, with temperatures increasing at 1.5 times the global…
Engaging Youth As Mediators: A Guide For Practitioners (Search for Common Ground)
“In addition to capacity support directly targeting mediation skills, support to develop conflict analyses can also be very important. Effective…
Central Sahel: Improve children’s wellbeing and learning – Increasing psychosocial support in schools (UN OCHA)
“The humanitarian impact of this crisis is worrisome with a number of displaced people multiplied by 10, growing from 213,000…
Ending the everyday emergency: Resilience and children in the Sahel (Save the Children)
“More than 1 million children face severe and life-threatening malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa in 2012. ‘Ending…
Building Resilience in the Sahel (UNICEF)
“The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adopted at the Third UN World Conference in Sendai, Japan, on…
How not to lose the Sahel: Community perspectives on insecurity and international interventions in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (Saferworld)
“Years of international military interventions have caused the Sahel to be more unstable and insecure now than a decade ago.…
Africa’s Sahel region facing ‘horrendous food crisis’ (UN News)
“As the Sahel region ‘stares down a horrendous food crisis’, the UN emergency food relief chief warned … that the…
Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UN SC)
“The present report covers the period from 18 June to 21 December 2021 and contains an overview of developments and…
Briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, to the United Nations Security Council (UNOWAS)
“On the issue of climate change, Mr. ANNADIF mentioned the need for a long-term approach and informed of UNOWAS’ support…
UNDP launches Sahel Offer, seeking largest joint commitment to regenerate the region (UNDP)
“UNDP’s Sahel Offer – A Regeneration – is a $3.6 billion programme, which focuses on three main areas Governance, Energy…
Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced (UNHCR)
“Internal displacement has increased tenfold since 2013, from 217,000 to a staggering 2.1 million by late 2021. The number of…