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…
Harvesting the rain: The adoption of environmental technologies in the Sahel (Tufts, UCSB)
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Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ could have far-reaching climate effects (ScienceNews)
“Africa’s “Great Green Wall” initiative is a proposed 8,000-kilometer line of trees meant to hold back the Sahara from expanding…
Targeting for Social Safety Nets: Evidence from Nine Programs in the Sahel (socialprotection.org)
“This paper analyzes household data from nine programs implemented in the Sahel region using a harmonized approach to compare Proxy-Means…
Livestock and ecosystems in the Sahel: the good, the bad and the ugly (World Agroforestry)
“In the Sahel, livestock rearing is practised by over 20 million pastoralists and is a crucial adaptation strategy in the…
The 3rd Annual Sahel Summit (CSIS)
“Weak governance, insecurity, and humanitarian disaster have worsened in the Sahel over the past year, and prospects for lasting peace…
35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel (UN News)
“Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not…
Climate Risk Profile: Sahel (UNHCR)
“Rising temperatures and more extreme weather conditions pose existential challenges to semi-arid regions like the Sahel. Future emissions will determine…
Africa bets on renewable energy for its electrification (Afrik21)
“Renewable energies are attracting more and more interest from investors in Africa. It is one of the most dynamic sectors,…
EU pledges €2.5 billion to combat malnutrition with partner countries (European Commission)
“At today’s Nutrition for Growth Summit in Tokyo, the Commission announced a new pledge of €2.5 billion for 2021-2024 to…
Conflict prevention means tackling economic, social, institutional drivers of strife (UN News)
“Preventing conflicts requires closing development gaps, shrinking inequality and bringing hope to people around the globe, senior UN officials told…
Why these West African architects are choosing mud over concrete (National Geographic)
“Across Sahelian Africa, there are thousands of villages like Koumi—and in the dozens I’ve visited in several countries, concrete is…