Soldiers alone will not help the Sahel (NIMD Netherlands Office)
An approach to the crisis in the Sahelian region which is merely military is insufficient. Services to the communities and…
Summary of Conclusions [on the Food and Nutrition Crisis in the Sahel] (RPCR)
The ongoing food and nutrition crisis in both the Sahel and West Africa affects some 27.1 million people in the…
Sahel and West Africa: Alarming Food and Nutritional Insecurity. An unprecedented level of food and nutritional insecurity (UNICEF)
According to UNICEF, some 16.7 million people in the Sahel and in West Africa face acute nutrition insecurity. Some 23,6…
Conflict, Coping and Covid: Changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020 (GI-TOC)
“Smuggling and trafficking in Libya, Tunisia, Niger, Chad and Mali” has been monitored by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized…
Africa is creating its own Great Wall – and it’s green (World Economic Forum)
A 8,000-kilometer strip of savanna in the southern part of the Sahara is set to create 10 million jobs and…
The Sahel: What needs to change – Towards A New People-Centered Approach (People’s Coalition for the Sahel)
The People’s Coalition, in this document, emphasized that military interventions should be amended by a number of ‘Citizen Pillars,’ which…
Adapting Social Safety Net Operations to Insecurity in the Sahel (World Bank)
Social protection is difficult to reach in “high-risk conditions” such as those which exist in the Sahelian region. The safety…
Climate-Related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
Extremism and crime are worsened by climate change, leading up to risks with regard to peace and security in the…
De nombreuses mains sur un éléphant. Comment améliorer la rélilience des communautés face à la radicalisation vers l’extrémisme violent ? (Commission européenne, UNICRI)
La consolidation de la paix nécessite un tissu social solide. Les griefs doivent être traités par les responsables, les autorités…
Many hands on an elephant. What enhances community resilience to radicalisation into violent extremism? Findings from the project on countering radicalization and violent extremism in the regions of Sahel and Maghreb (European Commission, UNICRI)
On the long run, peace building requires robust social tissue. Grievances need to be reacted to, by officials, traditional authorites…
Countering Radicalization and Violent Extremism in the Regions of Sahel and Maghreb (UNICRI)
Local partners should be incorporated in efforts to counter violent extremism in the countries of the African Sahel region. Localized…
The Sahel: Europe’s Forever War? (Centre for European Reform)
Since 2012, when conflict first escalated in northern Mali, the Sahel has seen instances of violence erupting. The EU and…