Dogmatism or pragmatism? Violent extremism and gender in the central Sahel (international alert)
This report by ‘international alert’ focuses on gender roles and their consequences for the rise in violent extremism in the…
Pastoralism and Conflict: Tools for Prevention and Response in the Sudano-Sahel (Search for Common Ground)
This toolkit can help funding organizations, diplomatic representations, as well as practitioners, in finding guidance on how to design interventions…
Migration in the Sahel: Putting Human Rights and Cooperation on the Map (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale/ISPI)
Aurélia Donnard and Roberto Forin of ISPI write in this commentary that while classically, the lens of Europe with respect…
Lake Chad: Another Protracted Crisis in the Sahel or a Regional Exception? (Istituto Affari Internazionali/IAI)
Bernardo Venturi and Luca Barana write in this paper that the intersection of conflict and climate change is not the…
Central Sahel Crisis Response Plan 2021 (IOM UN Migration)
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – the Central Sahel area – is subject to hightened occurrences of violence since 2012,…
Development and Security Challenges in the Sahel Region (Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group)
Rapporteur Ahmet Berat Çonkar deplores a “lack of coordination among various actors” and initiatives to resolve the ongoing conflicts in…
Entre espoir et désespoir : Adaptation pastorale au Burkina Faso (Clingendael)
Dans cette note de synthèse, qui constitue la traduction d’une analyse de l’Unité de Recherche sur les Conflits (CRU), Clingendael…
How France and the US can work to stabilise the Sahel (ecfr.eu)
Andrew Lebovich in this article, published by the European Council on Foreign Relations, argues for deeper relations of the US…
The United States Announces Humanitarian Assistance for the Sahel Crisis Response (STATE.GOV)
The USA is the largest donor of humanitarian aid to the Sahel. The Department of State in this press release…
Rethinking the response to jihadist groups across the Sahel (Chatham House)
This research paper by the Africa Programme at Chatham House argues that rather than jihadist ideology, long-lasting factors such as…
Rethinking Crisis Responses in the Sahel (CSIS)
Judd Devermont and Marielle Harris write in this CSIS Brief that besides violent extremism, internal displacement and hunger are spreading…