STABILISING THE SAHEL. Livestock as a driver of regional integration (SPARK)
“Regional integration is key to economic development and political stability in the Sahel. Livestock mobility and trade strengthen regional integration…
Migration and Development: Examining the migration development nexus in Kayes Region, Mali (ADMIGOV)
“Large influxes of remittances have fuelled local development initiatives for decades and led to a well-established pattern of diaspora funding…
Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements and skill gaps for young people. A Uganda case study (Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings)
“In order to create jobs, especially for the youth, there is need to raise private investment in labor-intensive industries. Besides…
WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. Situation Report (OCHA)
“In 2021,more than 54.3 million West and Central Africans require assistance. Eight countries in the region are beset with some…
Regional Exposure to Climate Change Events and Conflict Development, a Systematic Review (The George Washington University)
“Public health, more specifically population and community health, is directly dependent on adjacent environmental factors, and an increasingly erratic climate…
Evidence-Based Practices: Interventions to Enhance Household Resilience to Food Crises in West Africa (FSP)
“The recent rise in food crises in West Africa is due to a marked fall in local food production and…
WFP Central Sahel Situation Report 31 July 2021 (WFP)
“At the end of June 2021, WFP’s Level 3 Emergency Response for the Central Sahel – Burkina Faso, Mali, and…
Live, learn & enhancing access to protection, educational & livelihoods opportunities, and strengthening national protection systems for children and youth on the move in Western and Central Africa (2021–2023) (UNHCR)
“KEY ACTIVITIES BY OBJECTIVE: Protection of children & youth strengthened against the risks associated with onward movement … Strengthening of…
Climate and conflict: A look at environmental peacebuilding (Sustainability Times)
“The SIPRI authors identify three mechanisms that contribute to whether these peacebuilding efforts have the potential for success. First is…
Sahel and The Role of the EU: Security Is Not Everything (APRI)
“The political developments in several Sahel countries, for instance in Mali last year or just now in Chad, with the…
Power Africa Success Story: Solar Energy Initiative Launched in the Sahel With TBI Support (Tony Blair Institute)
“Alongside the five national roadmaps, TBI developed a regional roadmap assessing priority interconnections and regional-scale solar parks with multiple off-takers,…
Anticipatory action to mitigate impacts of the desert locust invasion on food security and livelihoods in the front-line countries of West Africa and the Sahel (FAO)
“The impact of a desert locust invasion may cause nearly 13.4 million people to suffer from acute levels of food…