Exploring the conflict blind spots in climate adaptation finance in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (SPARC)
“This working paper forms part of SPARC’s aim to generate evidence to build the resilience of millions of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists…
Joint Note on the Nutrition Situation in the West and Central Africa Region (WCA Regional Nutrition Working Group via UNESCO)
“In the Sahel G5+1 countries, results of the nutritional surveys carried out in 2021 show the persistence, even the increase…
Institutions, informality, and conflict in the Sahel: The case for Mali (Brookings)
“The survey data support our recommendations, first by suggesting increased focus on central and local government cooperation, as it documents…
Desertification in the Sahel Region: A Product of Climate Change or Human Activities? A Case of Desert Encroachment Monitoring in North-Eastern Nigeria Using Remote Sensing Techniques (MDPI Geographies)
“The study area and Sahel region as a whole should be delineated as an emergency disaster zone, with intervention projects…
Scale-up action to combat child malnutrition in Africa’s Sahel (United Nations)
An estimated 6.3 million children under five, in six countries in Africa’s Sahel region, will suffer from wasting this year,…
Hunger in West Africa reaches record high in a decade as the region faces an unprecedented crisis (World Food Programme)
The number of women, men and children affected by a food and nutrition crisis in West and Central Africa is…
Food crisis: the EU takes action to support Africa’s Sahel and Lake Chad regions (European Commission)
A total of €554 million in 2022 will be targeted at increasing food security in Sahel and Lake Chad, where…
How pastoralism supports livelihoods and builds peace (foodforafrica.com)
The Sahel region, which stretches from the Sahara desert in the north to the southern savannahs of Sudan, plays a…
Human Rights Climate Change and Migration in the Sahel (OHCHR)
This report provides an overview of climate change-related migration through a human rights lens.Building on a case study included in…
Pastoralism: Supporting livelihoods, building peace (FAO)
With funding from the Peacebuilding Fund, FAO and the IOM have partnered on a project in the Liptako-Gourma area, which…
The nutrition hotspot analysis: Prioritising intervention areas in the Sahel countries (ENN)
Since 2019, humanitarian and government partners have collaborated to develop a nutrition hotspot analysis tool. Despite the challenges associated with…
IMPROVING EDUCATION IN THE SAHEL (The Borgen Project)
While current conditions are grim, the countries of the Sahel are beginning to increase their investments in education and the…