Neither Enough, Nor Adequate: A participatory assessment of the barriers to local access for climate finance in the Sahel (OXFAM)
One of the main topics of discussion for the next COP29 decision to establish a New Collective Quantified Goal on…
Desert to Power: Independent power production in Sahel takes decisive step forward at fifth ministerial meeting (ecofin agency)
At the fifth ministerial summit, which was organized by the African Development Bank and took place in Ouagadougou on June…
Sahel Ministers Approve Groundbreaking Energy Reforms to Fast-Track Solar Investment (Africa Energy Portal)
At the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Desert to Power Initiative, which is coordinated by the African Development Bank, energy…
Resilience in the Sahel: Addressing the Nexus of Climate Change and Violent Extremism in Mauritania (unicri)
As climate change and violent extremism collide, West Africa faces increasing risks that call for immediate response. With its strategic…
Building Climate Resilience at Scale in the Sahel (World Bank)
The Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) of the World Bank is used as an example case study in this…
Making the concept of resilience in the Sahel more useful (PreventionWeb)
The two main issues with international attempts to increase resilience in the Sahel are that those who ought to be…
Sahel Education White Paper: The State of Education in the Sahel (World Bank)
A better long-term future for the Sahel area depends on universal access to high-quality education. Education boosts wages and employability,…
WFP 2025 Regional Response Strategy: Addressing the spill over of the Sahel crisis in the Gulf of Guinea (Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire)
WFP’s foundation for aiding vulnerable communities impacted by the Sahelian crisis is this sub-regional approach. It helps governments build resilience…
Project 21 Briefing Note| Burkina Faso, Mali, Western Niger: Forced Displacement and Movement Restrictions in the Central Sahel (May 2025) (DRC, UNHCR)
Between 2020 and 2024, the number of registered refugees and asylum-seekers nearly quadrupled, while the number of internally displaced people…
Climate-induced Migration and the Sahel Region’s economic future (ECONOLICY AFRICA)
The economic future of the Sahel must be seen in terms of resilience and change rather than merely crises. Migration…
Disrupting the destabilising impacts of organized crime in West Africa (Global Initiative)
Increasing violence is driving risky travel to the Canary Islands and changing smuggling networks, especially those involving cocaine and migration.…
UNICEF Executive Director visits the Sahel as insecurity and displacement continue to affect children (unicef)
The purpose of UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s visit to Burkina Faso was to see the government’s, partners’, and youths’…