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…
Strengthening Regional Water Security for Greater Resilience in the G5 Sahel (Worldbank)
“The dual objectives of this report on the G5 Sahel region are to: (i) do a high-level analysis of water…
UN launches first regional fund to respond to growing humanitarian needs in West and Central Africa (OCHA via reliefweb)
“The fund will initially give priority to countries in the Sahel, to help meet rising humanitarian needs across the region.…
New EU strategic priorities for the Sahel. Addressing regional challenges through better governance (European Parliament)
“The new EU integrated strategy in the Sahel aims to strengthen action at the political level, focusing on governance mechanisms,…
Climate change and resilience in the Central Sahel (cascades)
“However, there is agreement that climate change will cause temperatures rising 1.5 times faster than the global average, according to…
Precarious Situation in the Sahel, Urgent Action Needed to Face the Lean Season (Action Against Hunger)
“A total of 29 million Sahelians need assistance and protection, representing 7 million more than in March 2020. Food and…
Understanding Climate Change and Drought Perceptions, Impact and Responses in the Rural Savannah, West Africa (mdpi)
“Based largely on qualitative interviews, and complementary household surveys, the paper draws on the concepts of ‘mental’ and ‘cognised’ models…
Sahel: An Approach to Aid Adapted to Fragile Areas (Alliance Sahel)
“To this end, the members of the Alliance have committed to supporting the actions of the G5 Sahel countries in…
Talks with Sahel extremists: Taboo, or a path toward peace? (The Christian Science Monitor)
“In Burkina Faso, some critics firmly oppose negotiations on principle – including Albert Ouedraogo, a former minister of education and…