Bad pharma: Trafficking illicit medical products in West Africa (ECOWAS COMMISSION)
West Africa has become a hotspot for the trafficking of medical products, with estimations that the illicit market makes up…
Climate resilience can be a catalyst for peace and prosperity in the Sahel (UNDP)
The impacts of climate change, including long-term stress and sudden shocks, are acting as a threat multiplier. The UN Development Programme’s…
SAHEL SCHOOL CLOSURES INCREASE BY 20% IN PAST YEAR, WITH 200,000 MORE CHILDREN OUT OF CLASS (SAVE THE CHILDREN)
An uptick in violence in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali has led to the closure of…
Activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel. Report of the Secretary-General (United Nations Security Council)
The present report covers the period from 31 December 2023 to 29 June 2023 and contains an overview of developments…
SIPRI – Humanitarian Protection in the Liptako-Gourma Region: Local Protection Mechanisms and Humanitarian Response (Sahel Coalition)
As part of the research programme ‘Humanitarian Protection in the Liptako-Gourma region’, this is the second of two reports seeking…
Digitalisation in the Sahel – Piloting interactive voice response (Sustain Sahel)
Digital tools hold the potential to open the untapped potential of agroecology across Africa. One such tool, aiming to reach…
NIGER. The Gate to the Sahel (Brot für die Welt)
Many interventions have been targeted at strenghtening the legal and institutional framework regarding migration control and border security. Much of…
Smuggling in the Sahel: The route of arms, gas and gold (Atalayar)
To combat trafficking and other evolving threats, a group of countries in the region – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger…
Central Sahel: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger: Child Rights and Humanitarian Dashboard – December 2022 (UNICEF)
Infographic. https://reliefweb.int/report/burkina-faso/central-sahel-burkina-faso-mali-and-niger-child-rights-and-humanitarian-dashboard-december-2022
Sahel region singled out on World Press Freedom Day (africanews.)
On World Press Freedom Day the journalists’ rights group Reporters Without Borders said it was concerned the Sahel region is…