A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering the lives of 190 million children – UNICEF (UNICEF)
Water-related issues pose a “triple danger” to 190 million children in ten African nations, according to UNICEF: a lack of…
Financing adaptive social protection in Chad: Disaster risk finance diagnostic (World Bank via UNDRR)
The current paper provides a thorough analysis of Chad’s social protection and catastrophe risk management practices, particularly in light of…
An imminent return to drought in the western Sahel? (ScienceAdvances)
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, the semi-arid Sahel saw spatially homogeneous drought throughout the 1970s and 1980s.…
On Shifting Sands in Africa’s Sahel Region: Tensions between Security and Free Movement (Migration Policy Institute)
This article examines how a complex interplay of historical trends, security concerns, and outside factors shapes migration in Africa’s Sahel…
Bridging the Maghreb-Sahel Divide in Policy and Research: Take-aways from the MECAM Policy Talk 2025 (Hypotheses)
The frequently disregarded links between the Maghreb and Sahel regions were the main topic of the Policy Talk. The conversation…
The Future of Governance in the Sahel – (Re)building social cohesion and public trust (UNDP)
UNDP WACA, UNOWAS, and UNISS collaborated to produce the report The Future of Governance: (Re)building Social Cohesion and Public Trust,…
The Banjul Moment of Governance: Sahel Governance Forum Charts New Path for Trust and Accountability (UNDP)
More than 300 regional stakeholders came together for the first Sahel Governance Forum in July 2025 in The Gambia to…
Speech: Let us stand with the women of the Sahel in recognition of their power to shape a better future (UN WOMEN)
In her speech to the UN Security Council, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous emphasized the dire circumstances that women…
Audio… Advancing Women’s Leadership for Inclusive Governance in the Sahel (West Africa Democracy Radio)
Regional stakeholders examined women’s historical and current roles in governance at the Sahel Governance Forum in The Gambia, which had…
The Future of Governance in the Sahel (UNDP)
Leading experts who studied, questioned, and evaluated new trends, opportunities, difficulties, and lessons learned about Sahelian governance produced the current…
Land, Peace and Security: Secure access to land as a vital guarantee for the protection of communities in the Sahel (OXFAM)
One of the main causes of violence, food and physical insecurity, and breaches of the fundamental rights of internally displaced…
Regional Conference on Information Integrity in West Africa and the Sahel (UNESCO)
The region’s ability to maintain information integrity is hampered by a number of structural issues, including widespread disparities in internet…